Quotes by Jefferson, Thomas

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. >>

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high v >>

How much pain worries have cost us that have never happened? >>

Quotations about Power

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. >>

The greatest power is often simple patience. >>

The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mank >>

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Jefferson, Thomas