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All through your life, you'll be faced with making a decision between two things-choose the one that is right. If they are both right, then choose the one that will make you feel the best about it at the end of the day.

All through your life, you'll be faced with making a decision between two things-choose the one that is right. If they are both right, then choose the one that will make you feel the best about it at the end of the day.

Thomas Jefferson
Leadership, Sports, Two

It is not too soon to provide by every possible means that as few as possible shall be without a little portion of land. The small landholders are the most precious part of a state.

Thomas Jefferson
Wisdom, Mean, Land
Thomas Jefferson, Jean M. Yarbrough (1963). “The Essential Jefferson”, p.154, Hackett Publishing

It is an encouraging observation that no good measure was ever proposed which, if duly pursued, failed to prevail in the end.

Thomas Jefferson
Ends, Observation, Pursued
Thomas Jefferson (2010). “The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence and Papers, 1808-1816”, p.419, Cosimo, Inc.

It would not be for the public good to have [a majority in Congress of one party] greater [than] two to one.

Thomas Jefferson
Party, Two, Majority

Those who bear equally the burthens of Government should equally participate of its benefits.

Thomas Jefferson
Government, Benefits, Bears
Thomas Jefferson (1950). “The papers of Thomas Jefferson”

I have indeed two great measures at heart, without which no republic can maintain itself in strength: 1. That of general education, to enable every man to judge for himself what will secure or endanger his freedom. 2. To divide every county into hundreds, of such size that all the children of each will be within reach of a central school in it.

Thomas Jefferson
Children, Heart, School
Thomas Jefferson, Jean M. Yarbrough (1963). “The Essential Jefferson”, p.207, Hackett Publishing

It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead.

Thomas Jefferson
Use, Arguing, Reason

...is the spirit of the people an infallible, a permanent reliance? ...the spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless.

Thomas Jefferson
People, May, Politics
Thomas Jefferson, Jean M. Yarbrough (1963). “The Essential Jefferson”, p.129, Hackett Publishing

No man has done everything he can who has done only his best.

Thomas Jefferson
Men, Done, Politics

While wading through the whimsies, the puerilities, and unintelligible jargon of this work [Plato's Republic], I laid it down often to ask myself how it could have been that the world should have so long consented to give reputation to such nonsense as this?

Thomas Jefferson
Plato, Philosophy, Science
Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Late President of the United States”, p.248

From the dissensions among Sects themselves arise necessarily a right of choosing and necessity of deliberating to which we will conform. But if we choose for ourselves, we must allow others to choose also, and so reciprocally, this establishes religious liberty.

Thomas Jefferson
Religious, Liberty, Arise

Every man wishes to pursue his occupation and to enjoy the fruits of his labours and the produce of his property in peace and safety, and with the least possible expense. When these things are accomplished, all the objects for which government ought to be established are answered.

Thomas Jefferson
Men, Safety, Wish

All the world would be Christian if they were taught the pure Gospel of Christ!.

Thomas Jefferson
Christian, Would Be, World

The art of governing consists simply of being honest, exercising common sense, following principle, and doing what is right and just.

Thomas Jefferson
Art, Exercise, Common Sense

I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair play.

Thomas Jefferson
Play, Common Sense, Never Fear
Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1853). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin”, p.73

Communities should be planned with an eye to the effect on the human spirit of being continually surrounded by a maximum of beauty.

Thomas Jefferson
Eye, Community, Spirit

Amplification is the vice of modern oratory.

Thomas Jefferson
Vices, Amplification, Oratory
Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin. Reports and opinions while Secretary of State”, p.347

[States and the Federal government are] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch of the same government.

Thomas Jefferson
Simple, Government, Branches

The execution of the laws is more important than the making of them.

Thomas Jefferson
Law, Important, Execution
Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1853). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin”, p.82

Force cannot give right.

Thomas Jefferson
Giving, Force
Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J. Randolph”, p.118

I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment of pain.

Thomas Jefferson
Pain, Age, Moments
Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). “Jefferson: Political Writings”, p.52, Cambridge University Press

Peace is our passion.

Thomas Jefferson
Peace, Passion
Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). “Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence”, p.171, Algora Publishing

Agreeable society is the first essential in constituting the happiness and of course the value of our existence.

Thomas Jefferson
Society, Essentials, Firsts
Thomas Jefferson (2010). “The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia II, Correspondence 1782-1786”, p.384, Cosimo, Inc.

Without society, and a society to our taste, men are never contented.

Thomas Jefferson
Men, Society, Taste
Thomas Jefferson (1853). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence”, p.71

A single zealot may commence prosecutor, and better men be his victims.

Thomas Jefferson
Men, May, Victim