Thomas Jefferson Quote

If science produces no better fruits than tyranny, murder, rapine and destitution of national morality, I would rather wish our country to be ignorant, honest and estimable, as our neighboring savages are.


The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (Volume 6), Letter to John Adams, 1812 (p. 37)


If science produces no better fruits than tyranny, murder, rapine and destitution of national morality, I would rather wish our country to be...

If science produces no better fruits than tyranny, murder, rapine and destitution of national morality, I would rather wish our country to be...

If science produces no better fruits than tyranny, murder, rapine and destitution of national morality, I would rather wish our country to be...

If science produces no better fruits than tyranny, murder, rapine and destitution of national morality, I would rather wish our country to be...