The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading subjugation on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it: for man is an imitative animal.
Weitere Zitate von Thomas Jefferson
Zum Autor"I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met."
"Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God."
"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 find that the harder I work , the more luck I seem to have."
"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."
"Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government."