Defend our liberties and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindred and tongues.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of unity among diverse groups while safeguarding freedoms.
Thomas Jefferson's quote highlights the necessity of defending individual liberties while fostering a sense of unity among people from various backgrounds and cultures. It speaks to the vision of creating a cohesive society that respects and integrates its diverse origins, encouraging collaboration and solidarity among its members to uphold shared values of freedom and democracy.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech at a multicultural festival to highlight the importance of unity in diversity.
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.
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
All women, and men of color - we were owned like tables and chairs. We spent a hundred years getting a legal identity as human beings. That's a big thing.
Between the desire And the spasm, Between the potency And the existence, Between the essence And the descent, Falls the Shadow.
Who knoweth if to die be but to live, and that called life by mortals be but death?
The aging process is not gradual or gentle. It rushes up, pushes you over, and runs off laughing. No one should grow old who isn't ready to appear ridiculous.
Choosing one path means abandoning others - if you try to follow every possible path you will end up following none.
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