Thomas JeffersonDodd, Mead, 1893 - 252 páginas |
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Página 81 - that truth is great, and will prevail if left to' herself; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate; errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.
Página 137 - me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, 1 should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter; but I should mean that every man should receive those papers, and be capable of reading them.
Página 86 - of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
Página 211 - Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the declaration of American independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia.
Página 209 - A system of general instruction," he wrote in 1818, "which shall reach every description of our citizens, from the richest to the poorest, as it was the earliest, so will it be the latest, of all the public concerns in which I shall permit myself to take an interest.
Página 83 - to declare this act irrevocable would be of no effect in law, yet we are free to declare, and do declare, that the rights hereby asserted are of the natural rights of mankind, and that if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present, or to narrow its operation, such act will be an infringement of natural right.
Página 181 - Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, — we are Federalists. If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where
Página 48 - great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counsellors. The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
Página 67 - it. I did not consider it as any part of my charge to invent new ideas, and to offer no sentiment which had ever been expressed before. Had Mr. Adams been so restrained, Congress would have lost the benefit of his bold and