I find that the harder I work , the more luck I seem to have.
Weitere Zitate von Thomas Jefferson
Zum Autor"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."
"No body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren, talents equal to those of the other colors of men, and that the appearance of a want of them is owing merely to the degraded condition of their existence, both in Africa & America."
". . . 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."
"I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met."
"When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property."
"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government and to protect its free expression should be our first object."