Thomas Jefferson Quotes
Power is not alluring to pure minds.
Jefferson, Thomas. "Letter to John Taylor, 26 November 1798." The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Paul Leicester Ford, vol. 7, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1896.
See {640733} for an English political leader’s similar view.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910. From the point of view of the person or company that bribes or gives campaign contributions to legislators, there has often been a problem that when the heat is on the legislator might begin to refrain from voting as was expected. Twain was joking in this quotation by using the world “morality” to describe the obligation of the legislator to vote for the interest of the briber or campaign contributor. However, there were several major businessmen who actually saw the bribed legislator as having a moral and ethical duty to continue to protect the interest of the briber.
This is one of the proverbs of King Solomon of the Jews, son of King David.
A conservative Calvinist weekly periodical. Just as today, there were few politicians who could stand up to such a test.
Rules are inflexible, but principles can be balanced and guide people more judiciously.
Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He had previously served as the second vice president of the United States under John Adams between 1797 and 1801. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was a proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights, motivating American colonists to break from the Kingdom of Great Britain and form a new nation; he produced formative documents and decisions at both the state and national levels.
