Even in Europe a change has sensibly taken place in the mind of man. Science has liberated the ideas of those who read and reflect, and the American example has kindled feelings of right in the people.
Weitere Zitate von Thomas Jefferson
Zum Autor"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government and to protect its free expression should be our first object."
"Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival."
"Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted."
"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."
". . . 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."