Zitate und Sprüche von Thomas Jefferson

Wenn es um die Macht geht, darf man keinem Menschen trauen, sondern muss alle Fesseln der Verfassung anlegen.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Declaration of Independence

Menschenrechte USA Berühmte Zitate Independence Day

Wenn du etwas willst, das du zuvor nie hattest, musst du bereit sein zu tun, was du zuvor nie getan hast.

If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Glück Ehrgeiz Arbeit

Nur die Lüge braucht die Stütze der Staatsgewalt; die Wahrheit steht von alleine aufrecht.

Lügen

Mir gefallen die Träume der Zukunft besser als die Geschichte der Vergangenheit.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Zukunft Vergangenheit

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.–Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty

Declaration of Independence

Ehrlichkeit ist das erste Kapitel im Buch der Weisheit.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Ehrlichkeit

Geht es um Stil, schwimm mit der Masse; geht es um Prinzipien, bleib stehen wie ein Fels.

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Style & Stil

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

Banken sind gefährlicher als stehende Armeen.

Geld Banken

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Genau in diesem Moment musste ich an Thomas Jefferson denken, an die Unabhängigkeitserklärung und unser Recht auf Leben, Freiheit und das Streben nach Glückseligkeit. Und ich weiß noch wie ich dachte 'Woher hat er gewusst, dass er das Wort streben da rein packen muss?'. Vielleicht ist das Glück etwas nach dem wir wirklich nur streben können und das wir niemals erreichen, so sehr wir uns auch bemühen. Woher wusste er das?

It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking: How did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue. And maybe we can actually never have it, no matter what. How did he know that?

Chris Gardner in Das Streben nach Glück

Declaration of Independence Glück Freiheit

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May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.

Zebulon Pike

Why cannot we correct the baneful passions, without weakening the good?

Zebulon Pike

On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian.

Zebulon Pike

You have already disarmed my men without my knowledge, are their arms to be returned or not?

Zebulon Pike

Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.

Zebulon Pike

Dieser Teil, dieser kleine Teil meines Lebens, heißt: Glückseligkeit.

This part of my life, this little part is called hapiness.

Chris Gardner in Das Streben nach Glück

The important thing about that freedom train, is it's got to climb mountains. We ALL have to climb mountains, you know. Mountains that go way up high, and mountains that go deep and low.

Reverend Williams in Das Streben nach Glück

Als ich 5 Jahre alt war, hat meine Mutter mir immer gesagt, dass Glück der Schlüssel zum Leben ist.
Als ich zur Schule ging, fragten sie mich was ich werden will wenn ich groß bin.
Ich schrieb "glücklich". Sie sagten mir, dass ich die Aufgabe nicht verstanden habe, aber ich sagte ihnen, dass sie das Leben nicht verstanden haben.

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.
When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.
I wrote down "happy". They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life.

John Lennon

Glück

Manchmal wollen die Menschen einfach glücklich sein, auch wenn das Glück nur vorgetäuscht ist.

Veronica Roth in Die Bestimmung - Divergent - Tödliche Wahrheit

Glück

Aber nur, weil du ihn verprügeln kannst, gibt dir das noch lange nicht das Recht dazu. Vergiss niemals: Aus großer Kraft folgt große Verantwortung!

Remember, with great power. comes great responsibility!

Onkel Ben in Spider-Man

Macht Verantwortung Stärke

Die Freiheit des Menschen liegt nicht darin, dass er tun kann, was er will, sondern, dass er nicht tun muss, was er nicht will.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Menschenrechte Freiheit

Wenn es ein Land gibt, dass unglaubliche Gräueltaten in der Welt angerichtet hat, dann sind es die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Sie haben keinen Respekt vor menschlichem Leben.

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care for human beings.

Nelson Mandela

USA

Ich kam, ich sah, ich siegte.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

Julius Cäsar

Berühmte Zitate

Wir sind vielleicht alle in verschiedenen Schiffen angereist, aber jetzt sitzen wir im selben Boot.

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

Martin Luther King

Toleranz & Gleichberechtigung USA Independence Day

Wenn es skrupellos und egoistisch ist, an sich selbst zu glauben und seine Träume zu verfolgen, dann ja, dann bin ich definitiv skrupellos und egoistisch.

If believing in yourself and going after what you want in life and realising your worth is ruthless and selfish, then I'm definitely ruthless and selfish.

Nicole Scherzinger

Ehrgeiz Egoismus & Narzissmus

Geh nicht nur die glatten Straßen.
Geh Wege, die noch niemand ging,
damit du Spuren hinterlässt und nicht nur Staub.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Charakter Arbeit Innovation Konfirmation

Not all lies are bad, just as the truth is not always good.

New Moon Luna in Epic Seven

Lügen

Die Zukunft ist einfach, weil sie nicht existiert; die Vergangenheit ist schmerzhaft, denn sie lebt für immer.

The future is easy because it doesn't exist; but the past is painful because it lives forever.

Fred Durst

Zukunft Vergangenheit

Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe you have to let go of who you were, to become who you will be.

Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City - Staffel 5 Episode 1

Vergangenheit Anker

Wenn Du keinen Grund hast zu bleiben, ist genau DAS der Beste, um zu gehen.

If you have no reason to stay, that is exactly the best to go.

umformuliert

Ende Veränderung Ehrlichkeit

Mein Style ist, dass ich ich selbst bin! Wenn du versuchst, jemanden zu imitieren, wirst du dich am Ende unwohl fühlen.

My style statement is to be myself! Because if you try to imitate someone else, you will end up feeling uncomfortable.

Shraddha Kapoor

Charakter Style & Stil

Geld und Leben. Die beiden Dinge, welche die meisten Menschen allem anderen vorziehen würden - das Problem ist, die Menschen haben den Hang, genau das zu wählen, was am schlechtesten für sie ist.

As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen

Gier & Geiz Menschen Geld

Denn Geld wird nicht knapper wegen Asylanten
Sondern wegen Großkonzernen und Banken
Du kriegst nicht mehr Rente auch mit Mauern oder Schranken
Weil Steuergelder weiter auf den Virgin Islands landen

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Banken Rente

Und so geht die Freiheit zugrunde - mit donnerndem Applaus.

This is how liberty dies - with thunderous applause!

Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Episode III - Die Rache der Sith

Freiheit

Ich habe mit einem Teil meiner ostdeutschen Familie gebrochen, weil sie politische Haltungen vertreten, für die ich nicht stehe. Ich kann da auch keine falsche Toleranz oder Verständnis zeigen. Ich bin absolut gegen die AfD.

Nina Chuba - September 2025

AfD

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