Thomas Jefferson Quotes

It is better to keep a wolf out of the fold than to trust drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered.

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.

A regard for reputation and the judgment of the world may sometimes be felt where conscience is dormant.

It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which bind each of them separately.

A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.