As for what is not true, you will always find abundance in the newspapers.
Interpretation
Jefferson suggests that falsehoods are prevalent in print media, especially newspapers.
In this quote, Thomas Jefferson highlights the idea that the media, particularly newspapers, is often filled with untruths and misinformation. This reflects his belief in the importance of critical thinking and discerning truth from falsehood in the information we consume, emphasizing that one should be wary of accepting everything presented as fact in public discourse.
In practice
During a lecture on media literacy, one could include this quote to emphasize the necessity of questioning sources.
The firmness with which the (American) people have withstood the... abuses of the press, the discernment they have manifested between truth and falsehood, show that they may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false and to form a correct judgment between them.
I, place economy among the first & most important republican virtues, & public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared
βWe must make our choice between economy and liberty or confusion and servitude...If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and comforts, in our labor and in our amusements...if we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people, under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy.
Very many and very meritorious were the worthy patriots who assisted in bringing back our government to its republican tack. To preserve it in that, will require unremitting vigilance.
A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
Consciousness does not just passively reflect the objective material world; it plays an active role in creating reality itself.
This freedom, this liberty, this beautiful and terrible thing, needful to man as air, usable as earth.
[When I die], I will decidedly not be regretting missed opportunities for a good time. My regrets will be more along the lines of a sad list of people hurt, people let down, assets wasted and advantages squandered.
Nothing could add to the horror of hell, except the presence of its creator, God. While I have life, as long as I draw breath, I shall deny with all my strength, and hate with every drop of my blood, this infinite lie.
How are we going to make our livings in a society becoming increasingly jobless because of hi-tech and outsourcing? Where will we get the imagination to recognize that for most of human history the concept of Jobs didn't even exist? Work, as distinguished from Labor, was done to produce needed goods and services, develop skills and artistry, and nurture cooperation.
You cannot observe people through an ideology. Your ideology observes for you.
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