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.
The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when they make their tormentors suffer. In seeking the Bird's death to free himself, Louie had chained himself, once again, to his tyrant. During the war, the Bird had been unwilling to let go of Louie; after the war, Louie was unable to let go of the Bird.
In a sane, civil, intelligent and moral society, you don't blame poor people for being poor.
The Vedas teach that the soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is, therefore, Mukti - freedom, freedom from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from death and misery.
Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.
I mean it as a compliment when I say that you could almost define a philosopher as someone who won't take common sense for an answer.
We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.
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