Thomas Jefferson Quotes About Victory

• Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master!

  Thomas Jefferson

  Government, People, Southern

• Victory and defeat are each of the same price.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Sports, Victory And Defeat, Victory Defeat

• From the circumstances of my position, I was often thrown into the society of horse-racers, card-players, fox-hunters, scientific and professional men, and of dignified men; and many a time have I asked myself, in the enthusiastic moment of the death of a fox, the victory of a favorite horse, the issue of a question eloquently argued at the bar, or in the great council of the nation, well, which of these kinds of reputation should I prefer? That of a horse-jockey, a fox-hunter, an orator, or the honest advocate of my country's rights?

  Thomas Jefferson

  Country, Horse, Player

  Thomas Jefferson (1853). “The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private”, p.389

• In the environment, every victory is temporary, every defeat permanent.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Victory, Defeat, Environment

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