Thomas Jefferson Quotes And Sayings

Resort Is Had To Ridicule Only When Reason Is Against Us.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (144) - Resort Is Had To Ridicule Only Wh... - QuotesResort Is Had To Ridicule Only When Reason Is Against Us.

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Peace, Commerce And Honest Friendship With All Nations; Entangling Alliances With None.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (145) - Peace, Commerce And Honest Friend... - QuotesPeace, Commerce And Honest Friendship With All Nations; Entangling Alliances With None.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (145) - Peace, Commerce And Honest Friend... - Quotes

Errors Of Opinion May Be Tolerated Where Reason Is Left Free To Combat It.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (148) - Errors Of Opinion May Be Tolerate... - QuotesErrors Of Opinion May Be Tolerated Where Reason Is Left Free To Combat It.

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The Boisterous Sea Of Liberty Is Never Without A Wave.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (147) - The Boisterous Sea Of Liberty Is ... - QuotesThe Boisterous Sea Of Liberty Is Never Without A Wave.

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The Creator Has Not Thought Proper To Mark Those In The Forehead Who Are Of Stuff To Make Good Generals. We Are First, Therefore, To Seek Them Blindfold, And Then Let Them Learn The Trade At The Expense Of Great Losses.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (146) - The Creator Has Not Thought Prope... - QuotesThe Creator Has Not Thought Proper To Mark Those In The Forehead Who Are Of Stuff To Make Good Generals. We Are First, Therefore, To Seek Them Blindfold, And Then Let Them Learn The Trade At The Expense Of Great Losses.

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The Whole Commerce Between Master And Slave Is A Perpetual Exercise Of The Most Boisterous Passions, The Most Unremitting Despotism On The One Part, And Degrading Submissions On The Other. Our Children See This, And Learn To Imitate It.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (149) - The Whole Commerce Between Master... - QuotesThe Whole Commerce Between Master And Slave Is A Perpetual Exercise Of The Most Boisterous Passions, The Most Unremitting Despotism On The One Part, And Degrading Submissions On The Other. Our Children See This, And Learn To Imitate It.

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A Bill Of Rights Is What The People Are Entitled To Against Every Government, And What No Just Government Should Refuse, Or Rest On Inference.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (15) - A Bill Of Rights Is What The Peopl... - QuotesA Bill Of Rights Is What The People Are Entitled To Against Every Government, And What No Just Government Should Refuse, Or Rest On Inference.

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Speeches That Are Measured By The Hour Will Die With The Hour.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (150) - Speeches That Are Measured By The... - QuotesSpeeches That Are Measured By The Hour Will Die With The Hour.

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I Abhor War And View It As The Greatest Scourge Of Mankind.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (152) - I Abhor War And View It As The Gr... - QuotesI Abhor War And View It As The Greatest Scourge Of Mankind.

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Taste Cannot Be Controlled By Law.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (151) - Taste Cannot Be Controlled By Law... - QuotesTaste Cannot Be Controlled By Law.

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If God Is Just, I Tremble For My Country.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (153) - If God Is Just, I Tremble For My ... - QuotesIf God Is Just, I Tremble For My Country.

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Leave No Authority Existing Not Responsible To The People.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (155) - Leave No Authority Existing Not R... - QuotesLeave No Authority Existing Not Responsible To The People.

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No Government Ought To Be Without Censors; And Where The Press Is Free No One Ever Will.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (157) - No Government Ought To Be Without... - QuotesNo Government Ought To Be Without Censors; And Where The Press Is Free No One Ever Will.

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The Way To Silence Religious Disputes Is To Take No Notice Of Them.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (156) - The Way To Silence Religious Disp... - QuotesThe Way To Silence Religious Disputes Is To Take No Notice Of Them.

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Peace And Abstinence From European Interferences Are Our Objects, And So Will Continue While The Present Order Of Things In America Remain Uninterrupted.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (154) - Peace And Abstinence From Europea... - QuotesPeace And Abstinence From European Interferences Are Our Objects, And So Will Continue While The Present Order Of Things In America Remain Uninterrupted.

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It Takes Time To Persuade Men To Do Even What Is For Their Own Good.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (158) - It Takes Time To Persuade Men To ... - QuotesIt Takes Time To Persuade Men To Do Even What Is For Their Own Good.

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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 Quotes (16) - But Friendship Is Precious, Not On... - QuotesBut 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.

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I Find That He Is Happiest Of Whom The World Says Least, Good Or Bad.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (159) - I Find That He Is Happiest Of Who... - QuotesI Find That He Is Happiest Of Whom The World Says Least, Good Or Bad.

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Here Was Buried Thomas Jefferson Author Of The Declaration Of American Independence Of The Statute Of Virginia For Religious Freedom &Amp; Father Of The University Of Virginia.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (160) - Here Was Buried Thomas Jefferson ... - QuotesHere Was Buried Thomas Jefferson Author Of The Declaration Of American Independence Of The Statute Of Virginia For Religious Freedom &Amp; Father Of The University Of Virginia.

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I Have Done For My Country, And For All Mankind, All That I Could Do, And I Now Resign My Soul, Without Fear, To My God - My Daughter To My Country.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (161) - I Have Done For My Country, And F... - QuotesI Have Done For My Country, And For All Mankind, All That I Could Do, And I Now Resign My Soul, Without Fear, To My God - My Daughter To My Country.

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Where The Press Is Free And Every Man Able To Read, All Is Safe.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (162) - Where The Press Is Free And Every... - QuotesWhere The Press Is Free And Every Man Able To Read, All Is Safe.

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My Only Fear Is That I May Live Too Long. This Would Be A Subject Of Dread To Me.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (163) - My Only Fear Is That I May Live T... - QuotesMy Only Fear Is That I May Live Too Long. This Would Be A Subject Of Dread To Me.

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Ignorance Is Preferable To Error, And He Is Less Remote From The Truth Who Believes Nothing Than He Who Believes What Is Wrong.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (164) - Ignorance Is Preferable To Error,... - QuotesIgnorance Is Preferable To Error, And He Is Less Remote From The Truth Who Believes Nothing Than He Who Believes What Is Wrong.

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Mankind Are More Disposed To Suffer, While Evils Are Sufferable, Than To Right Themselves By Abolishing The Forms To Which They Are Accustomed.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (165) - Mankind Are More Disposed To Suff... - QuotesMankind Are More Disposed To Suffer, While Evils Are Sufferable, Than To Right Themselves By Abolishing The Forms To Which They Are Accustomed.

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I Know Of No Safe Depository Of The Ultimate Powers Of The Society But The People Themselves; And If We Think Them Not Enlightened Enough To Exercise Their Control With A Wholesome Discretion, The Remedy Is Not To Take It From Them But To Inform Their Discretion.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (17) - I Know Of No Safe Depository Of Th... - QuotesI Know Of No Safe Depository Of The Ultimate Powers Of The Society But The People Themselves; And If We Think Them Not Enlightened Enough To Exercise Their Control With A Wholesome Discretion, The Remedy Is Not To Take It From Them But To Inform Their Discretion.

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Politics Is Such A Torment That I Advise Everyone I Love Not To Mix With It.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (18) - Politics Is Such A Torment That I ... - QuotesPolitics Is Such A Torment That I Advise Everyone I Love Not To Mix With It.

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Whenever The People Are Well-informed, They Can Be Trusted With Their Own Government.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (19) - Whenever The People Are Well-infor... - QuotesWhenever The People Are Well-informed, They Can Be Trusted With Their Own Government.

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I Tremble For My Country When I Reflect That God Is Just; That His Justice Cannot Sleep Forever.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (21) - I Tremble For My Country When I Re... - QuotesI Tremble For My Country When I Reflect That God Is Just; That His Justice Cannot Sleep Forever.

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Nothing Can Stop The Man With The Right Mental Attitude From Achieving His Goal; Nothing On Earth Can Help The Man With The Wrong Mental Attitude.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (2) - Nothing Can Stop The Man With The R... - QuotesNothing Can Stop The Man With The Right Mental Attitude From Achieving His Goal; Nothing On Earth Can Help The Man With The Wrong Mental Attitude.

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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 Quotes (20) - All, Too, Will Bear In Mind This S... - QuotesAll, 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.

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Experience Demands That Man Is The Only Animal Which Devours His Own Kind, For I Can Apply No Milder Term To The General Prey Of The Rich On The Poor.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (22) - Experience Demands That Man Is The... - QuotesExperience Demands That Man Is The Only Animal Which Devours His Own Kind, For I Can Apply No Milder Term To The General Prey Of The Rich On The Poor.

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If A Nation Expects To Be Ignorant And Free, In A State Of Civilization, It Expects What Never Was And Never Will Be.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (24) - If A Nation Expects To Be Ignorant... - QuotesIf A Nation Expects To Be Ignorant And Free, In A State Of Civilization, It Expects What Never Was And Never Will Be.

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I Believe That Every Human Mind Feels Pleasure In Doing Good To Another.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (23) - I Believe That Every Human Mind Fe... - QuotesI Believe That Every Human Mind Feels Pleasure In Doing Good To Another.

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No Freeman Shall Be Debarred The Use Of Arms.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (25) - No Freeman Shall Be Debarred The U... - QuotesNo Freeman Shall Be Debarred The Use Of Arms.

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I Hope We Shall Crush In Its Birth The Aristocracy Of Our Monied Corporations Which Dare Already To Challenge Our Government To A Trial By Strength, And Bid Defiance To The Laws Of Our Country.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (26) - I Hope We Shall Crush In Its Birth... - QuotesI Hope We Shall Crush In Its Birth The Aristocracy Of Our Monied Corporations Which Dare Already To Challenge Our Government To A Trial By Strength, And Bid Defiance To The Laws Of Our Country.

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The Spirit Of Resistance To Government Is So Valuable On Certain Occasions That I Wish It To Be Always Kept Alive.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (27) - The Spirit Of Resistance To Govern... - QuotesThe Spirit Of Resistance To Government Is So Valuable On Certain Occasions That I Wish It To Be Always Kept Alive.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (27) - The Spirit Of Resistance To Govern... - Quotes

Whenever A Man Has Cast A Longing Eye On Offices, A Rottenness Begins In His Conduct.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (28) - Whenever A Man Has Cast A Longing ... - QuotesWhenever A Man Has Cast A Longing Eye On Offices, A Rottenness Begins In His Conduct.

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Every Citizen Should Be A Soldier. This Was The Case With The Greeks And Romans, And Must Be That Of Every Free State.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (30) - Every Citizen Should Be A Soldier.... - QuotesEvery Citizen Should Be A Soldier. This Was The Case With The Greeks And Romans, And Must Be That Of Every Free State.

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Dependence Begets Subservience And Venality, Suffocates The Germ Of Virtue, And Prepares Fit Tools For The Designs Of Ambition.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (29) - Dependence Begets Subservience And... - QuotesDependence Begets Subservience And Venality, Suffocates The Germ Of Virtue, And Prepares Fit Tools For The Designs Of Ambition.

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Our Greatest Happiness Does Not Depend On The Condition Of Life In Which Chance Has Placed Us, But Is Always The Result Of A Good Conscience, Good Health, Occupation, And Freedom In All Just Pursuits.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (3) - Our Greatest Happiness Does Not Dep... - QuotesOur Greatest Happiness Does Not Depend On The Condition Of Life In Which Chance Has Placed Us, But Is Always The Result Of A Good Conscience, Good Health, Occupation, And Freedom In All Just Pursuits.

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We Never Repent Of Having Eaten Too Little.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (31) - We Never Repent Of Having Eaten To... - QuotesWe Never Repent Of Having Eaten Too Little.

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Bodily Decay Is Gloomy In Prospect, But Of All Human Contemplations The Most Abhorrent Is Body Without Mind.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (33) - Bodily Decay Is Gloomy In Prospect... - QuotesBodily Decay Is Gloomy In Prospect, But Of All Human Contemplations The Most Abhorrent Is Body Without Mind.

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For A People Who Are Free, And Who Mean To Remain So, A Well-organized And Armed Militia Is Their Best Security.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (32) - For A People Who Are Free, And Who... - QuotesFor A People Who Are Free, And Who Mean To Remain So, A Well-organized And Armed Militia Is Their Best Security.

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It Is Neither Wealth Nor Splendor; But Tranquility And Occupation Which Give You Happiness.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (34) - It Is Neither Wealth Nor Splendor;... - QuotesIt Is Neither Wealth Nor Splendor; But Tranquility And Occupation Which Give You Happiness.

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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 Quotes (35) - An Association Of Men Who Will Not... - QuotesAn 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.

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Difference Of Opinion Is Advantageous In Religion. The Several Sects Perform The Office Of A Censor - Over Each Other.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (36) - Difference Of Opinion Is Advantage... - QuotesDifference Of Opinion Is Advantageous In Religion. The Several Sects Perform The Office Of A Censor - Over Each Other.

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Question With Boldness Even The Existence Of A God; Because, If There Be One, He Must More Approve Of The Homage Of Reason, Than That Of Blind-folded Fear.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (37) - Question With Boldness Even The Ex... - QuotesQuestion With Boldness Even The Existence Of A God; Because, If There Be One, He Must More Approve Of The Homage Of Reason, Than That Of Blind-folded Fear.

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Happiness Is Not Being Pained In Body Or Troubled In Mind.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (38) - Happiness Is Not Being Pained In B... - QuotesHappiness Is Not Being Pained In Body Or Troubled In Mind.

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The Man Who Reads Nothing At All Is Better Educated Than The Man Who Reads Nothing But Newspapers.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (39) - The Man Who Reads Nothing At All I... - QuotesThe Man Who Reads Nothing At All Is Better Educated Than The Man Who Reads Nothing But Newspapers.

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I Never Considered A Difference Of Opinion In Politics, In Religion, In Philosophy, As Cause For Withdrawing From A Friend.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes (4) - I Never Considered A Difference Of ... - QuotesI Never Considered A Difference Of Opinion In Politics, In Religion, In Philosophy, As Cause For Withdrawing From A Friend.

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