Logo
Quote by Thomas Jefferson
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and governm

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. – Thomas Jefferson

Other quotes by Thomas Jefferson

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me. – Thomas Jefferson

Category:
Fear
Author
Thomas Jefferson
Read Quote

What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. – Thomas Jefferson

Category:
Martyr, Martyrdom
Author
Thomas Jefferson
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Government
category

I think if you have a two-story office and you hire someone whos handicapped, it might be reasonable to let him have an office on the first floor rather than the government saying you have to have a $100,000 elevator. – Rand Paul

Category:
Government

For me, journalism has been more a matter of projecting a particular approach to covering policies, to covering issues. It was a continuation of what I tried to do in government. – Eliot Spitzer

Category:
Government

Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is achieved — commitment to a scenario. – Jean Baudrillard

Category:
Government

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it. – Henry David Thoreau

Category:
Government

Random Quotes

Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. Theyre working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler. – Barbara Bush

Category:
Home

I like being in movies that have a great story. Im not so interested in being a Hollywood star. Its a job, you know. When you wake up at six in the morning every day for a week, it feels like hard work. – Kristen Stewart

Category:
Morning

There are only three sports: mountain climbing, bull fighting, and motor racing. All the rest are merely games. – Ernest Hemingway

Category:
Games

The people of Hong Kong are criticized for only being interested in business, but its the only thing theyve been allowed to do. – Paul Theroux

Category:
Business