Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
giving tree house
I never before knew the full value of trees....What would I not give that the trees planted nearest round the house at Monticello were full grown.
eye people voting
The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It has only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican. But their virtuous feelings have been played on by some fact with more fiction; they have been the dupes of artful maneuvers, and made for a moment to be willing instruments in forging chains for themselves. But times and truth dissipated the delusion, and opened their eyes.
rights government law
The error seems not sufficiently eradicated, that the operations of the mind, as well as the acts of the body, are subject to the coercion of the laws. But our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them. The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God. The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others.
government medicine littles
A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.
law common-sense foundation
Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction.
lying mean vices
It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time, till at length it becomes habitual.
men way opinion
Every man cannot have his way in all things. If his opinion prevails at some times, he should acquiesce on seeing that of others preponderate at other times. Without this mutual disposition we are disjointed individuals, but not a society.
farming states farmers
The small landholders are the most precious part of a state.
good-humor all-things values
What i value more than all things, good humor.
defense tyranny wells
A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.
light darkening candle
He who lights his [candle] at mine receives light without darkening me.
men people ignorant
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be ... The People cannot be safe without information. When the press is free, and every man is able to read, all is safe.
labor-day mind may-day
A mind always employed is always happy.
light loses candle
A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle.