Thomas Jefferson Quotes About Responsibility

• If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Ignorance, Responsibility, Ifs

• The Greeks by their laws, and the Romans by the spirit of their people, took care to put into the hands of their rulers no such engine of oppression as a standing army. Their system was to make every man a soldier, and oblige him to repair to the standard of his country whenever that was reared. This made them invincible; and the same remedy will make us so.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Death, Country, Military

  Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). “Jefferson: Political Writings”, p.139, Cambridge University Press

• A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Integrity, Responsibility, Hypocrisy

  Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.66, Modern Library

• Never trouble another for what you can do yourself

  Thomas Jefferson

  Work, Responsibility, Trouble

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, 4: Correspondence and Private Papers”, p.423

• Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Responsibility, Government, Free Government

  Thomas Jefferson, John Dewey (2008). “The Essential Jefferson”, p.47, Courier Corporation

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