Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
men rights safety
Resolved ... that it would be a dangerous delusion were a confidence in the men of our choice to silence our fears for the safety of our rights: that confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism — free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence;
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.
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.
lying deception easier
He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
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.
peace war national-defense
Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace
love littles given
A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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.
knows sects
I am a sect by myself, as far as I know.
two would-be world
If by religion we are to understand sectarian dogmas, in which no two of them agree, then your exclamation on that hypothesis is just, "that this would be the best of worlds if there were no religion in it.
men way never-trust
never trust a man who won't accept that there is more than one way to spell a word Paraphrased
errors people revolution
Do not be too severe upon the errors of the people, but reclaim them by enlightening them.
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.
country garden add
The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture. --The Fruit Hunters