Do you really believe Americans are racist against Obama?

" @Claude said:

"  that Obama would NOT have won if it weren't BECAUSE OF his skin color.    That's just stupid. A majority of the US Electorate voted for the man and his vision. He was the better politician. Skin color had nothing to do with it. "

Amen.
 
That entire absolute reasoning is 100% bullshit. 
We had over a year of back-and-forth, pre-election coverage. We had months of debates and political analysis. Then we boil it down that the only reason he won was because he was black. 
Give me a freaking break. That's insulting to the electorate: In general. All that run-up debating, all that campaigning, the people who worked for the candidates, the people who researched the canidates, the people who took the time to listen, the people who voted:
 
Yeah, screw all your reasons you did vote for Obama. Screw all your reasons why you didn't vote for Obama.  
Crap, forget McCain's decision to bring on Palin: He won because he was black. That's it.

" @vidiot said:

" @Claude said:

"  that Obama would NOT have won if it weren't BECAUSE OF his skin color.    That's just stupid. A majority of the US Electorate voted for the man and his vision. He was the better politician. Skin color had nothing to do with it. "

Amen.
 
That entire absolute reasoning is 100% bullshit. 
We had over a year of back-and-forth, pre-election coverage. We had months of debates and political analysis. Then we boil it down that the only reason he won was because he was black. 
Give me a freaking break. That's insulting to the electorate: In general. All that run-up debating, all that campaigning, the people who worked for the candidates, the people who researched the canidates, the people who took the time to listen, the people who voted:
 
Yeah, screw all your reasons you did vote for Obama. Screw all your reasons why you didn't vote for Obama.  
Crap, forget McCain's decision to bring on Palin: He won because he was black. That's it.

It's not like black people were going to vote for McCain in overwhelming numbers.  It's actually hilarious to me how much the Republican party has done to ensure that they never carry the black vote, despite the very religious nature of the black community.  Remember how much people were bringing up the fact that he once opposed MLK day?    Chris Rock had a great set when he basically pointed out the inherit racism behind the claim that white people voted for Obama because of his policies and slogan for change, but black people voted for him because their ballots said nothing but "chocolate" and "vanilla".  "Oh he look like me!" "

" @President_Barackbar said:

" @SeriouslyNow said:

" @President_Barackbar said: 

@SeriouslyNow said:

" Also The OBAMAMETER. "

It's shit like this that makes me realize why we can't have decent political discussion threads. Also, this thread was started with an OBVIOUS right wing bias (O'Reily being referenced). "

PolitiFACT means we can't have decent political discussion threads?  It's basis is purely in FACT, not crap-laiden opinion.  I guess some facts are just too factual for your opinions to counter to have a discussion right?  Right. "

This is usually why I stay out of these threads. I really don't have any sort of bias, I hate all politics really. I should've just shut up. "

See....shit like that actually makes me kinda sad...
 
People don't make any fucking sense to me anymore. Everybody wants to champion opinions so fucking hard it's become a joke where none of it means shit. No one wants to know the science or the actual facts. They just want people to sound off their completely retarded opinion which has no basis in anything other than fear and pat them on the back and let them vote.
 
No one wants to get around to actually analyzing what's going on or looking at the situation, it's all about how you "feel" when you watch whatever biased media you're wasting your time with.
 
Great job people keep it up and let them spoon feed complete garbage. OBAMA'S JUST AS BAD AS BUSH!!!! RESPECT MY OPINION
 
INTELLIGENT DESIGN IS A COMPLETELY RATIONAL ALTERNATIVE TO EVOLUTION RESPECT MY OPINION
 
Whatever, what else can I expect? 
 
And for the record people can't have a respectful political debate because there's always morons who don't do research and get enraged when you challenge them. Bias is inevitable, but when you start and end with bias your opinion is wrong.  If you want to pay attention and look at the facts and then form a bias from that, we call that an opinion worth voicing. The problem is everybody thinks they can get away with saying bullshit. "

@ l4wd0g 
 
What's your point?

While I realize that the thread is about racism in general and not what Rep.  Moran said I would still like to point out that he doesn't claim that "all the Conservatives and Tea Party members nowadays are uneasy because Obama is black." when he was asked about the midterm elections by an Alhurra News reporter.  Here's what Rep. Moran said:  
 
"[The Democratic midterm loses] happened ... for the same reason the Civil War happened in the United States.  Southern states, particularly the slaveholding states, didn't want to see a president who was opposed to slavery. In this case a lot of people in this country, it's my belief, don't want to be governed by an African-American, particularly one who is inclusive, who is liberal, who wants to spend moneyon everyone and who wants to reach out to include everyone in our society. And that's a basic philosophical clash," 

He was saying that racist sentiment caused a greater voter turnout for conservative candidates than would of occurred otherwise and that this was what allowed the Republicans to take the seats that they did.  It wasn't a blanket statement about conservatives, it was a statement about how he believes that some of the people who voted conservative did so because of racism.  He does appear to be claiming that all racists are Republican though.   I have no idea whether or not his assertions are correct.
 
On a side note:  If you're going to complain about people making generalizations about an opposing political party it's a bit hypocritical when you then go on to make generalizations about an opposing political party, "btw I can almost assure you most liberals would say Bush was a BAD person"

I believe most Americans will believe absolutely anything if it's told to them with enough confidence.

The majority of voting America voted him in, problem is a lot of young people who voted that day stopped giving a shit the moment he got in office.

" @Claude said:

"  that Obama would NOT have won if it weren't BECAUSE OF his skin color.    That's just stupid. A majority of the US Electorate voted for the man and his vision. He was the better politician. Skin color had nothing to do with it. "

Agree. But I also heard there is not a lot of support for him in the next elections. "

Well just be thankful you guys have a black president and not an android or cyborg president.   Think about it.....

25% are out and proud racist towards Obama.  Another 25% or so are either passively racist or simply just old-fashionedly ignorant.   
 
 
My parent's generation are an example I'll use.  A couple of my uncles are flat-out racists who will use the n word when talking about Obama and say horrible and derogatory things about all African-Americans.  Then there's my parents, both older than dirt, and won't bat an eye when they say something like, "Did you see that colored couple at the supermarket?"  Now, some people might call that being racist, but I've never heard either parent say anything derogatory about African Americans, they're just from the generation where saying "colored" was acceptable and wasn't racist at all because you weren't using the n word.   
 
 
To those saying they aren't out there, you're just not looking.  
 
 
 
 
 
@l4wd0g said:

" @Meowshi said:

" @vidiot said:

" @Claude said:

"  that Obama would NOT have won if it weren't BECAUSE OF his skin color.    That's just stupid. A majority of the US Electorate voted for the man and his vision. He was the better politician. Skin color had nothing to do with it. "

Amen.
 
That entire absolute reasoning is 100% bullshit. 
We had over a year of back-and-forth, pre-election coverage. We had months of debates and political analysis. Then we boil it down that the only reason he won was because he was black. 
Give me a freaking break. That's insulting to the electorate: In general. All that run-up debating, all that campaigning, the people who worked for the candidates, the people who researched the canidates, the people who took the time to listen, the people who voted:
 
Yeah, screw all your reasons you did vote for Obama. Screw all your reasons why you didn't vote for Obama.  
Crap, forget McCain's decision to bring on Palin: He won because he was black. That's it.

It's not like black people were going to vote for McCain in overwhelming numbers.  It's actually hilarious to me how much the Republican party has done to ensure that they never carry the black vote, despite the very religious nature of the black community.  Remember how much people were bringing up the fact that he once opposed MLK day?    Chris Rock had a great set when he basically pointed out the inherit racism behind the claim that white people voted for Obama because of his policies and slogan for change, but black people voted for him because their ballots said nothing but "chocolate" and "vanilla".  "Oh he look like me!" "

Blacks voted republican up until around the time of FDR's  New Deal.  "

" @President_Barackbar said: 

@SeriouslyNow said:

" Also The OBAMAMETER. "

It's shit like this that makes me realize why we can't have decent political discussion threads. Also, this thread was started with an OBVIOUS right wing bias (O'Reily being referenced). "

PolitiFACT means we can't have decent political discussion threads?  It's basis is purely in FACT, not crap-laiden opinion.  I guess some facts are just too factual for your opinions to counter to have a discussion right?  Right. "

Of course some are, but that's not the reason a majority of the people don't like him for.

" @SeriouslyNow said:

" @President_Barackbar said: 

@SeriouslyNow said:

" Also The OBAMAMETER. "

It's shit like this that makes me realize why we can't have decent political discussion threads. Also, this thread was started with an OBVIOUS right wing bias (O'Reily being referenced). "

PolitiFACT means we can't have decent political discussion threads?  It's basis is purely in FACT, not crap-laiden opinion.  I guess some facts are just too factual for your opinions to counter to have a discussion right?  Right. "

Politifact?  BWA HA HA.  Nobody takes that site seriously. Nothing more than opinion site.   Sorry if you buy their nonsense. "

North americans are racist against everyone

" 25% are out and proud racist towards Obama.  Another 25% or so are either passively racist or simply just old-fashionedly ignorant.  "

The racism for and against Obama probably evens itself out tbh.  He did apparently get ~95% of the 'Black Vote', but the only figures I can find suggest that the Democrats were already getting 80-90% in previous elections anyway.  Even if you assume that bump is exclusively down to racism, I guess that still only accounts for a 1 or 2 percentage point shift in terms of the overall popular vote result.  
 
How you would try and quantify the effect of pro-black racism from non-black voters (people wanting to 'make history' or whatever) I have no idea  -and that may well have been a significant factor in the election- but on these figures it doesn't seem like pro-black racism from black voters can account for anything like the 7 pp Obama won by the popular vote by.  It's also not unreasonable to suggest that anti-black racism amongst the (much larger) non-black vote may have accounted for at least a similar 1 or 2 pp in the opposite direction.
 
It still seems odd to me how an election where race was such a significant issue, was vaunted and celebrated as a victory against racism just because the result came out the 'right' way.  Sure, it may have (arguably) broken the 'glass ceiling' for black people (in that Obama is arguably 'black'), but the 2008 Presidential Election is not what victory against racism looks like.  Victory looks like an election where race of the candidates doesn't even warrant discussion, and where there is no 'black vote' or 'white vote'.  Ironically, this celebration won't truly be justified until we no longer even consider it an issue worth celebrating.

I'm racist but like Obama, maybe I'm a fake racist not only that he's half white although he's wife seem like a bitch.

" @MikeinSC said:

" @SeriouslyNow said:

" @President_Barackbar said: 

@SeriouslyNow said:

" Also The OBAMAMETER. "

It's shit like this that makes me realize why we can't have decent political discussion threads. Also, this thread was started with an OBVIOUS right wing bias (O'Reily being referenced). "

PolitiFACT means we can't have decent political discussion threads?  It's basis is purely in FACT, not crap-laiden opinion.  I guess some facts are just too factual for your opinions to counter to have a discussion right?  Right. "

Politifact?  BWA HA HA.  Nobody takes that site seriously. Nothing more than opinion site.   Sorry if you buy their nonsense. "

You mean no right wing opinionated idiot like you takes it seriously.  Where's your Pulitzer prize for research based journalism oh expert?  Nowhere.  Like the rest of your right wing racist rhetoric.  You are everything that's wrong with America. "

Fox News tried to make race it into an issue to stir up racist sentiment, both against Blacks and Arab Muslims (Hussein capitalised as their catch cry).  The reason such sentiment can be stirred at all is due to the fact that there is a significant portion of America (let alone the world at large) which is still strongly racist. 

The majority aren't it's just painfully obvious that republicans often pander to that minority. Kind of like how democrats pander to racial minorities.

I came back from a few months in South Carolina two months ago, and honestly more than once, when discussing government, someone (white, rednecks) had to throw in "ain't gonna get any better with a n***** in the white house".
 
So yes, some Americans are racist against Obama. I voted for him and plan to do so again.

More like NObama.

" More like NObama. "

" @Chabbs0 said:

" More like NObama. "

Did you make that up all by yourself? /pinches cheek "

American are not only racist they are the worst kind...they kind that try to hide it by saying the right things but actually believe the garbage they are feed by more talkative racist in our society.  At best you could argue we are merely bigots that show an obstinately or intolerantly devoted to their own beliefs, opinions, prejudices; especially one exhibiting intolerance or animosity toward those of differing beliefs.

So is American a nation of racists?  Maybe not, but that just means we are bigots.    

"

American are not only racist they are the worst kind...they kind that try to hide it by saying the right things but actually believe the garbage they are feed by more talkative racist in our society.  At best you could argue we are merely bigots that show an obstinately or intolerantly devoted to their own beliefs, opinions, prejudices; especially one exhibiting intolerance or animosity toward those of differing beliefs.

So is American a nation of racists?  Maybe not, but that just means we are bigots.    

"

Yep. Americans are racist against Obama. That's why he's our President.

" Yep. Americans are racist against Obama. That's why he's our President. "

Of course not every Republican is  a racist and not every person who dislikes Obama does so because he's black. Anybody who says otherwise is being juvenile and, just as every Republican isn't racist, not every liberal thinks they are. 
However, phrases like "black favoritism" and saying he would not have won if he was white. Well, that strikes me as a bit racist. I'm sorry, you explained how you feel and that's my involuntary response it can't be helped. It undermines the message he conveyed during the campaign and cheapens the vote I cast. It also implies that people wanted McCain and we just don't know that that's true. That's not a fact and we'll never know. I think people were fed up with the failing policies of the GOP that, let's not forget, had at the time thrown us INTO a recession. Holy shit there's just so much to your post I want to write about but I find I'm unable to muster the energy to dredge all this up.  
 
 (Please note: I am not saying this about you or anybody in this forum specifically. As I write this I am thinking of people I know in my personal life. So please don't take this as an attack on YOU the reader. If I say something like "I feel like some people" I am thinking of people I know, not a general group of which I have no knowledge.)   
 
While I don't think every Republican is a racist, I do think the policies of the GOP, especially of the last ten years, have veered into a bizarre direction where the attitude is "fuck everybody else I only care about myself." That no good can come from helping others by paying taxes or endorsing programs that give assistance not being as important as the all mighty dollar. It angers me that so many people complain about taxes yet we all take advantage of the things they pay for! I actually had a woman I know who is a teacher (salary paid for with tax payer's money, by the way) tell me she's sick of the kids in her school getting a free lunch. She said she's tired of Obama making her pay for those kids to have a free lunch. I don't know about you or her but I am proud to live in a country where a kid can go to school and not go hungry! I feel like a lot of people I know who dislike Obama are unable to cite actual, specific reasons why. They hear on Fox News that Obama is taking their money, he's a socialist, and Michelle Bachmann bizarrely says something about people telling you which light bulbs to use. What the fuck was that about by the way? What she was implying was, I guess, she's tired of hearing about climate change and being hassled to use energy efficient light bulbs. That's a guess though, her insane ramblings were hard to decipher. On that note, I wish I could ask her,  when did it become American or patriotic to adopt this attitude of, I don't care what science and logic tells me about climate change, I'm not going to adjust the way I live my life to better the rest of the world? But that's a whole other topic. Shit, this got way off-track. Oh well, back to Dead Space 2. I have to remind myself this is a video game forum. 
 
I always appreciate civil debate so I hope I contributed appropriately. 

" Of course not every Republican is  a racist and not every person who dislikes Obama does so because he's black. Anybody who says otherwise is being juvenile and, just as every Republican isn't racist, not every liberal thinks they are. 
However, phrases like "black favoritism" and saying he would not have won if he was white. Well, that strikes me as a bit racist. I'm sorry, you explained how you feel and that's my involuntary response it can't be helped. It undermines the message he conveyed during the campaign and cheapens the vote I cast. It also implies that people wanted McCain and we just don't know that that's true. That's not a fact and we'll never know. I think people were fed up with the failing policies of the GOP that, let's not forget, had at the time thrown us INTO a recession. Holy shit there's just so much to your post I want to write about but I find I'm unable to muster the energy to dredge all this up.  
 
 (Please note: I am not saying this about you or anybody in this forum specifically. As I write this I am thinking of people I know in my personal life. So please don't take this as an attack on YOU the reader. If I say something like "I feel like some people" I am thinking of people I know, not a general group of which I have no knowledge.)   
 
While I don't think every Republican is a racist, I do think the policies of the GOP, especially of the last ten years, have veered into a bizarre direction where the attitude is "fuck everybody else I only care about myself." That no good can come from helping others by paying taxes or endorsing programs that give assistance not being as important as the all mighty dollar. It angers me that so many people complain about taxes yet we all take advantage of the things they pay for! I actually had a woman I know who is a teacher (salary paid for with tax payer's money, by the way) tell me she's sick of the kids in her school getting a free lunch. She said she's tired of Obama making her pay for those kids to have a free lunch. I don't know about you or her but I am proud to live in a country where a kid can go to school and not go hungry! I feel like a lot of people I know who dislike Obama are unable to cite actual, specific reasons why. They hear on Fox News that Obama is taking their money, he's a socialist, and Michelle Bachmann bizarrely says something about people telling you which light bulbs to use. What the fuck was that about by the way? What she was implying was, I guess, she's tired of hearing about climate change and being hassled to use energy efficient light bulbs. That's a guess though, her insane ramblings were hard to decipher. On that note, I wish I could ask her,  when did it become American or patriotic to adopt this attitude of, I don't care what science and logic tells me about climate change, I'm not going to adjust the way I live my life to better the rest of the world? But that's a whole other topic. Shit, this got way off-track. Oh well, back to Dead Space 2. I have to remind myself this is a video game forum.  I always appreciate civil debate so I hope I contributed appropriately.  "

Some are racist against him, because some people are racist in general.  I will say that, because of Obama's name, and, likely, because of his skin color, he's classified as an "other."  He's not like "us."  He's a "foreign entity."  If he were white, and born in Hawaii under the same circumstances (father from a foreign country, American mother), there would be no fringe "birther" movement, and people also wouldn't accuse him of being "secretly Muslim" or other such nonsense.  People say things that they'd never say about any other President because of his name and how he looks. 
 
That being said, I like the President and the vast majority of his policies.  Many of you likely don't like him because of what you *think* his policies are, certainly not because he's black.  But hey, there's always been a quiet racism in America, but, as the author of the initial post pointed out, white fans cheer black athletes.  Still, I guarantee you that a lower-middle class man will happily cheer for a black man to score a touch down, but they'd be far less likely to be okay with one dating their daughter.

Anyone that even takes into consideration his skin colour is a racist. Who cares what he looks like, just as long as he is qualified for his job.

Any time that someone thinks he is a Muslim, that's racism. "(internally) His skin color is different from mine. (out loud) He must believe differently than I do." 
 
Every time his birth certificate and citizenship is called into question, but the certificate/citizenship of the white guy who ran against him (who was actually born outside of the country) goes unquestioned, that's racism. 
 
There are a lot of degrees of racism. Yes, I know that some Americans are racist when it comes to Obama.

If I keep insulting people, I'm going to get banned. 
 
So instead, everytime I'm at a loss for words, I'll just post a video that sums up my opinion on the topic. 
  
  

"  that Obama would NOT have won if it weren't BECAUSE OF his skin color.    That's just stupid. A majority of the US Electorate voted for the man and his vision. He was the better politician. Skin color had nothing to do with it. "

" @Claude said:

"  that Obama would NOT have won if it weren't BECAUSE OF his skin color.    That's just stupid. A majority of the US Electorate voted for the man and his vision. He was the better politician. Skin color had nothing to do with it. "

What vision did he have?  "Hope and Change" isn't a vision. It's an empty slogan.  His Presidency has just reiterated his utter lack of a vision. "

" I came back from a few months in South Carolina two months ago, and honestly more than once, when discussing government, someone (white, rednecks) had to throw in "ain't gonna get any better with a n***** in the white house".
 
So yes, some Americans are racist against Obama. I voted for him and plan to do so again.     

" @MikeinSC said:

" @Claude said:

"  that Obama would NOT have won if it weren't BECAUSE OF his skin color.    That's just stupid. A majority of the US Electorate voted for the man and his vision. He was the better politician. Skin color had nothing to do with it. "

What vision did he have?  "Hope and Change" isn't a vision. It's an empty slogan.  His Presidency has just reiterated his utter lack of a vision. "

I have to say that his empty slogan and skin color was enough to win a good chunk of voters over. It's hard to say that his skin color had nothing to do with who people voted for. (Some white people probably voted against him because of it, but even more black people voted for him mainly because he is black) "

Im from the US and think its kinda fucking ridiculous that some people are still racist... 
but ya i have only met one person who hates obama just cus he's half black.

" @damnboyadvance said:

" @MikeinSC said:

" @Claude said:

"  that Obama would NOT have won if it weren't BECAUSE OF his skin color.    That's just stupid. A majority of the US Electorate voted for the man and his vision. He was the better politician. Skin color had nothing to do with it. "

What vision did he have?  "Hope and Change" isn't a vision. It's an empty slogan.  His Presidency has just reiterated his utter lack of a vision. "

I have to say that his empty slogan and skin color was enough to win a good chunk of voters over. It's hard to say that his skin color had nothing to do with who people voted for. (Some white people probably voted against him because of it, but even more black people voted for him mainly because he is black) "

Yeah, I don't even know why he bothered explaining his campaign platform.  Once we saw that his skin was darker than McCain's, our decision was made.  The DNC could have honestly put Flavor Flav up for the election and we would have voted for him.  Finally, someone who understands us! You certainly have your finger on the pulse of the African-American community my friend.   "

"Canada ftw. "

" Fox News tried to make race it into an issue to stir up racist sentiment, both against Blacks and Arab Muslims (Hussein capitalised as their catch cry).  The reason such sentiment can be stirred at all is due to the fact that there is a significant portion of America (let alone the world at large) which is still strongly racist.  "

I honestly wonder how things would have turned out if Hilary was President now.

" I came back from a few months in South Carolina two months ago, and honestly more than once, when discussing government, someone (white, rednecks) had to throw in "ain't gonna get any better with a n***** in the white house".
 
So yes, some Americans are racist against Obama. I voted for him and plan to do so again. "

" I honestly wonder how things would have turned out if Hilary was President now. "

My anecdotal evidence is better than your anecdotal evidence! 
 
No my anecdotal evidence is better than your anecdotal evidence!

Racism still exists.  It may be more hidden today, but rest assured, it exists.  Having gone door-to-door in '09, I've spoken to MANY average house folk.  You'd be surprised how much you can learn about people once they've let you in their comfort zone - that being their home.  Because I'm white, the racist white consumers would automatically assume I was racist just like them, and start breaking out slurs and colloquialisms like they spoke it every day.  Just because you travel through town, and come across people acting civil, you can't rule them out.  They're doing just that: being civil.  Become friends and it's a whole new world. 
 
I'm not saying everyone is this way, but to say racism isn't an issue anymore on the simple basis that it's not typically open for public discussion is severely naive. 
Racism will never go away BECAUSE we are all visually different, and it will ALWAYS be an issue until either: a) we are all the same color, or b) when human beings stop being so goddamn judgmental and just ACCEPT our idiosyncrasies. 
 
 Answering OP's question - so many previous comments already nit the nail on the head, so I will just add that there is no such thing as black or white. (no pun intended) 
Right/wrong all comes down to a matter of perspective, so depending on your angle, you're all right AND wrong. :p

People who don't have the same skincolor as yourself are scary. Not to mention people who don't share your views.

In summary: people are fucking idiots. Especially on the Internet.

I disagree with everything said so far.  Consider what  Thomas Jefferson once said:
 
  A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit. 
Thomas Jefferson 

A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks. 
Thomas Jefferson 

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men 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. 
Thomas Jefferson 

Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. 
Thomas Jefferson 

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. 
Thomas Jefferson 

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. 
Thomas Jefferson 

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle. 
Thomas Jefferson 

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry. 
Thomas Jefferson 

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes. 
Thomas Jefferson 

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes. 
Thomas Jefferson 

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also. 
Thomas Jefferson 

Be polite to all, but intimate with few. 
Thomas Jefferson 

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind. 
Thomas Jefferson 

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital. 
Thomas Jefferson 

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine. 
Thomas Jefferson 

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto. 
Thomas Jefferson 

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government. 
Thomas Jefferson 

Delay is preferable to error. 
Thomas Jefferson 

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition. 
Thomas Jefferson