Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself.
Interpretation
Truth is powerful and, given the opportunity, will ultimately succeed on its own.
This quote by Thomas Jefferson emphasizes the inherent strength of truth. It suggests that if truth is given the chance to exist and be recognized without interference, it will ultimately triumph over falsehood and deception, highlighting the value of honesty in society and governance.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech about the importance of transparency in government.
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.
In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on the fetters of galley-slaves. The application of this motto is fine and just.
Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.
This whole universe is but a drop _x000D_ of His Beauty!
The usual false conclusions of mankind are these: a thing exists, therefore it has a right to exist.
Conscience is the most sacred of all property.
Better use has been made of association and this powerful instrument of action has been applied for more varied aims in America than anywhere else in the world.
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