Famous Quotes

"A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities."

Thomas Jefferson on Good

More quotes about Good

• "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

  Edmund Burke on Good

• "It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come."

  Dalai Lama on Good

• "If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."

  Albert Einstein on Good

• "Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart."

  Anne Frank on Good

• "When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion."

  Abraham Lincoln on Good

More quotes by Thomas Jefferson

• "In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty."

• "Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories."

• "It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself."

• "One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more."

• "When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred."