Author of quotes: Thomas Jefferson

Honesty is the first Chapter in the book of wisdom.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Seek always to do his duty, and humanity will justify you, even where you fail.

As for the latest news, it seems that the European barbarians, intend to destroy each other. The Russo-Turkish war reminiscent of the battle between the vulture and the snake: who could anyone not destroyed, one destroyer in the world will be less. As you can see, militancy - the law of human nature, one of the obstacles to too rapid multiplication inherent in the mechanism of the Universe. The roosters in the chicken yard, killing each other, bears, bulls and sheep do the same, and a horse in the herd on the open air tries to score a hoof to death all the young contenders, until, exhausted by the fighting and a years, did not become a victim of some stallion. I hope we prove as beneficial for people the way of the Quakers and that the life of a breadwinner filled with more dignity than the life of a warrior. Some consolation may be that the extermination of mad men in one part of the world contributes to the growth of welfare in other parts. Let it be our care and let us milk the cow, while the Russian holding her by the horns, and the Turks by the tail.

Those who reforged their guns into plows, will plow for those who didn't.

A man under trust, should see themselves as public property.

Don't try to do good more than people can withstand.

If the American people ever allow banks to control the issue of money, the banks and corporations that will grow up around will deprive people of all property until their children will Wake up homeless on the continent conquered by their fathers.

I am confident that Russia (while her present is alive monarch) is most amiably disposed to us from all over the world; its services will be useful to us in the future, and we need to seek its location... it is Desirable that such sentiments were echoed by the whole nation.

Never buy a thing, enticed by its price, - such a thing, in the end, will cost you dearly.

To choose their own government entitled to only the people who is constantly aware of what is happening.

I am convinced that the soul of every man is happy when he does good to another.

Nothing more than education advances the prosperity, the power, and the happiness of a nation.
Nothing contributes to prosperity, power and happiness of a nation as education.

Nothing gives as much advantage over the others, as the ability to stay calm and cool in any situation.