When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.
Weitere Zitate von Thomas Jefferson
Zum Autor"[n regard to Jesus believing himself inspired]This belief carried no more personal imputation than the belief of Socrates that he was under the care and admonition of a guardian demon. And how many of our wisest men still believe in the reality of these inspirations while perfectly sane on all other subjects (Works, Vol. Iv, p. 327)."
". . . The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere."
"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."
"I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met."
"Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government."
"The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to."