Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Everything here in Europe turns into rottenness--- religion, laws, arts, sciences--- and everything hastens to renew itself in America.

The reformer does not want to move left; he wants to move forward.

Reformation, like education, is a journey, not a destination.

The Islam Ataturk professed contained nothing contrary to reason and progress.

Critics have their uses. They can crystallize a moment and bring into sharp relief the mistakes that have been made and what must be done to correct them.

Without reforms we will repeat the failures of the past.

The way to promote an idea is to put the word reform at the end of it.

We can surely boast of having set the world a beautiful example of a government reformed by reason alone, without bloodshed.

We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him as a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.

As times change, so government must change. We need a new government for a new century

I am a friend to the reformation generally of whatever can be made better

We have really made an advance in civilization, that the principles on which our political and social order rest are in harmony with the laws of the universe, that we have set up an ideal which may never in genuine happiness certain...We are getting rid of old world things and becoming accustomed to the new. We are forming new creeds, new judgments, new manners; we are becoming a new race of men.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

Everyone wants change. Donald is the only one that can deliver it. We should not be satisfied with stagnation.

We co9me from the tradition of the European Enlightenment, the Age of Reason. So we find it extremely hard to face down the emotional force of right-wing populism using rational arguments.

Throughout history, we have only moved forward when society has distinguished between traditional values and valueless traditions.

I'm not sure I want to preserve the old ways just for the sake of saying, 'I don't believe in change.'

Change is always good. You can't keep tradition all the time. Yes, Grandma cooked on a wood stove but she would have used electricity if she could.

I'm very rational. I tend to let my head rule my heart.

Light, whether it be material or moral, is the best reformer.

Reason must be the universal rule and guide; all things must be done according to reason without allowing oneself to be swayed by emotion.

It is undoubtedly true, though it may seem paradoxical,--but, in general, those who are habitually employed in finding and displaying faults are unqualified for the work of reformation.

You're chained to you reason ... Understanding is only a very small affair, so very small

The beauty of science hugely outranks the charms of superstition.

Reason and free inquiry are the only effective agents against error. Give a loose to them, they will support the true religion by bringing every false one to their tribunal, to the test of their investigation. They are the natural enemies of error and error only. Had not the Roman government permitted free inquiry, Christianity could never have been introduced. Had not free inquiry been indulged at the era of the Reformation, the corruption of Christianity could not have been purged away.