Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
freedom blessing government
May it be to the world... to assume the blessings and security of self-government.
party passion men
Our judges are as honest as other men and not more so. They have, with others, the same passions for party, for power, and the privilege of their corps.
benefits monopoly suppression
The benefit of even limited monopolies is too doubtful, to be opposed to that of their general suppression.
selfish men earth
How soon the labor of men would make a paradise of the earth were it not for misgovernment and a diversion of his energies to selfish interests.
cost vigilance eternal-vigilance
The cost of freedom is eternal vigilance
No society is so precious as that of one’s own family.
government trying libertarian
ONLY a government that is AFRAID of its citizens tries to control them.
law cost taste
Taste cannot be controlled by law. We must resist at all costs any attempt to regulate our individual freedoms and to legislate our personal moralities.
religious atheist faith-religion
Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God
christian religious character
His system of morality was the most benevolent and sublime probably that has been ever taught, and consequently more perfect than those of any of the ancient philosophers... He was the most innocent, the most benevolent, the most eloquent and sublime character that ever has been exhibited to man.
perseverance effort enemy
A good cause is often injured more by ill-timed efforts of its friends than by the arguments of its enemies. Persuasion, perseverance and patience are the best advocates on questions depending on the will of others.
perseverance light way
Perseverance in object, though not by the most direct way, is often more laudable than perpetual changes, as often as the object shifts light.
country eye college
The colleges of Edinburgh and Geneva as seminaries of science, are considered as the two eyes of Europe. While Great Britain and America give the preference to the former, all other countries give it to the latter.
lying animal ohio
It is well known, that on the Ohio, and in many parts of America further north, tusks, grinders, and skeletons of unparalleled magnitude are found in great numbers, some lying on the surface of the earth, and some a little below it ... But to whatever animal we ascribe these remains, it is certain that such a one has existed in America, and that it has been the largest of all terrestrial beings.