Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
independent common-sense principles
not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of . . . but to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent, and to justify ourselves in the independent stand we are compelled to take.
freedom men mind
The opinions and beliefs of men follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds.
jesus simple religion
The genuine and simple religion of Jesus will one day be restored: such as it was preached and practiced by Himself.
country garden add
The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture. --The Fruit Hunters
discovery pace opinion
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.
errors people revolution
Do not be too severe upon the errors of the people, but reclaim them by enlightening them.
knows sects
I am a sect by myself, as far as I know.
country choices would-be
Thomas Jefferson asked himself “In what country on earth would you rather live ” He first answered “Certainly in my own where are all my friends my relations and the earliest and sweetest affections and recollections of my life.” But he continued “which would be your second choice ” His answer “France.
love littles given
A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
country freedom mean
A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means.
time men lost
Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
independent law generations
I am increasingly persuaded that the earth belongs exclusively to the living and that one generation has no more right to bind another to it's laws and judgments than one independent nation has the right to command another.
republican federalist
...We are all Federalists,and we are all Republicans.
death hypocrite half
I have examined all of the known superstitions of the world and i do not find our superstitions of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are all founded on fables and mythology. Christianity has made one-half of the world fools and the other half Hypocrites