Thomas Jefferson Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest."

by:	Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President
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Categories:	Government, Honesty, Honor, Truth, President
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The problem is that we have become so hypocritical that we punish those who tell us unpleasant truths and promote those who tell us the lies we want to hear. -- Lamb, Rochester, NY 1
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George W Bush should read this. Oh, I forgot, he cannot read -- Robert K. Greco, Staten Island N.Y.
In a legitimate body politic that serves as employees to individual sovereigns united, the only honest function thereof is to represent the inalienable rights and liberty at natural law that is equal to each and every, any and all of humanity's members. The whole art and science thereof consists in being honest. -- Mike, Norwalk
An honest person would probably never be elected . -- jim k, Austin