Thomas Jefferson Philosophical Quotes — Page 26

Politician, Founding Father

Philosophical

“But the Chief Justice says, 'There must be an ultimate arbiter somewhere.' True, there must; but does that prove it is either party? The ultimate arbiter is the people of the Union, assembled by their deputies in convention, at the call of Congress or of two-thirds of the States. Let them decide to which they mean to give an authority claimed by two of their organs. And it has been the peculiar wisdom and felicity of our Constitution, to have provided this peaceable appeal, where that of other nations is at once to force.”

Mean Two Party

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Thomas Jefferson

Politician, Founding Father

Philosophical

“But under the beaming, constant and almost vertical sun of Virginia, shade is our Elysium. In the absence of this no beauty of the eye can be enjoyed.”

Eye Beauty Virginia

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Philosophical

“All... natural rights may be abridged or modified in [their] exercise by law.”

Law Rights

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Philosophical

“An equal application of law to every condition of man is fundamental.”

Men Law

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Philosophical

“The art of reasoning becomes of first importance. In this line antiquity has left us the finest models for imitation; I should consider the speeches of Livy, Sallust, and Tacitus, as pre-eminent specimens of logic, taste, and that sententious brevity which, using not a word to spare, leaves not a moment for inattention to the hearer. Amplification is the vice of modern oratory.”

Art Firsts Taste

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Philosophical

“To unequal privileges among members of the same society the spirit of our nation is, with one accord, adverse.”

Spirit Privilege Inalienable Rights

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Philosophical

“If [God] has made it a law in the nature of man to pursue his own happiness, He has left him free in the choice of place as well as mode, and we may safely call on the whole body of English jurists to produce the map on which nature has traced for each individual the geographical line which she forbids him to cross in pursuit of happiness.”

Men Law Pursuit Of Happiness

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Philosophical

“The purse of the people is the real seat of sensibility. Let it be drawn upon largely, and they will then listen to truths which could not excite them through any other organ.”

People Real Purses

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Philosophical

“On the subject of the history of the American Revolution, you ask who shall write it? Who can write it? And who will ever be able to write it? Nobody, except merely its external facts... all its councils, designs and discussions having been conducted by Congress [behind] closed doors - and no members, as far as I know, having even made notes of them. These, which are the life and soul of history, must forever be unknown.”

Writing Doors Forever

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Philosophical

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

Art Exercise Common Sense

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Philosophical

“The metaphysical insanities of Athanasius, of Loyola, and of Calvin, are, to my understanding, mere lapses into polytheism, differing from paganism only by being more unintelligible.”

Understanding Insanity Lapses

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Philosophical

“It should be remembered, as an axiom of eternal truth in politics, that whatever power in any government is independent, is absolute also.”

Government Should Independent

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Thomas Jefferson — Philosophical Quotes

Thomas Jefferson Quotes