Thomas Jefferson quotes - page 25

In the fevered state of our country, no good can ever result from any attempt to set one of these fiery zealots to rights, either in fact or principle. They are determined as to the facts they will believe, and the opinions on which they will act. Get by them, therefore, as you would by an angry bull it is not for a man of sense to dispute the road with such an animal. (Thomas Jefferson)
I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general. View quote
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The sun has not caught me in bed in fifty years. View quote
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Certainly one of the highest duties of the citizen is a scrupulous obedience to the laws of the nation. But it is not the highest duty. View quote
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My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who has the disposal of them. View quote
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Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction. View quote
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The art of life is the art of avoiding pain. View quote
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I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others. View quote
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I have come to a resolution myself as I hope every good citizen will, never again to purchase any article of foreign manufacture which can be had of American make, be the difference of price what it may. View quote
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The greatest honor of a man is in doing good to his fellow men, not in destroying them. View quote
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The only thing a man can take beyond this lifetime is his ethics. (Thomas Jefferson)
The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. View quote
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Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. View quote
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It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature, and to arm them with the terrors of death. This is truly creating crimes in order to punish them. View quote
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The appointment of a woman to office is an innovation for which the public is not prepared, nor am I. View quote
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Under the law of nature, all men are born free, every one comes into the world with a right to his own person, which includes the liberty of moving and using it at his own will. This is what is called personal liberty, and is given him by the Author. View quote
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I sincerely congratulate you on the arrival of the mockingbird. Learn all the children to venerate it as a superior being in the form of a bird, or as a being which will haunt them if any harm is done to itself or its eggs. View quote
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The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best. View quote
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The Constitution of the United States is the result of the collected wisdom of our country. View quote
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He wove those three threads into a talk ranging from annually spending a week at Halloween as a child collecting candy to giving candy to hundreds of children at Halloween as an adult from childhood assistance he received from adults, particularly after his parents divorced, to saying I challenge you to be a caring adult in someone's life ... Great times call forth great leaders. View quote
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The best hemp and the best tobacco grow on the same kind of soil. The former article is of the first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country. The latter, never useful. (Thomas Jefferson)
Perseverance in object, though not by the most direct way, is often more laudable than perpetual changes, as often as the object shifts light. View quote
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All authority belongs to the people. View quote
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Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things to rights. View quote
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The darker the berry, the sweeter the juice. View quote
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