The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to.
Weitere Zitate von Thomas Jefferson
Zum Autor"I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government and to protect its free expression should be our first object."
"Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question."
"Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."
"Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government."
"I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met."