" I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors." ~ Thomas Jefferson ♥11SharePinTweet0 Shares
" But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine." ~ Thomas Jefferson ♥22SharePinTweet1 SharesFriendshipLife Quotes
" We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed." ~ Thomas Jefferson ♥12SharePinTweet0 Shares
" The majority, oppressing an inidual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society." ~ Thomas Jefferson ♥10SharePinTweet0 Shares
" We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour. Declaration of Independence" ~ Thomas Jefferson ♥26SharePinTweet0 SharesIndependence Day
" Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error." ~ Thomas Jefferson ♥12SharePinTweet0 Shares