I agree with you that it is the duty of every good citizen to use all the opportunities, which occur to him,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
No person shall be restrained of his liberty but by regular process from a court of justice, authorized by a general law.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is highly interesting to our country, and it is the duty of its functionaries, to provide that every citizen in it… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Had not a conviction of the danger to which an unlimited occupation of the executive chair would expose the republican Constitution of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Every male citizen of the commonwealth, liable to taxes or to militia duty in any county, shall have a right to vote… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[If a book were] very innocent, and one which might be confided to the reason of any man; not likely to be… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I deem it the duty of every man to devote a certain portion of his income for charitable purposes; and that it… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The Greeks by their laws, and the Romans by the spirit of their people, took care to put into the hands of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The mass of our citizens may be divided into two classes -- the laboring and the learned. The laboring will need the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We established however some, although not all its [self-government] important principles . The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The relations which exist between man and his Maker, and the duties resulting from those relations, are the most interesting and important… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Nothing is more incumbent on the old than to know when they should get out of the way and relinquish to younger… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I acknowledge that such a debt [of service to my fellow-citizens] exists, that a tour of duty in whatever line he can… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Certainly one of the highest duties of the citizen is a scrupulous obedience to the laws of the nation. But it is… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
MORAL LAW, Evidence of.- Man has been subjected by his Creator to the moral law, of which his feelings, or conscience as… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I... [am] convinced [man] has no natural right in opposition to his social duties. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We are sensible of the duty and expediency of submitting our opinions to the will of the majority, and can wait with… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A man has a right to use a saw, an axe, a plane, separately; may he not combine their uses on the same piece… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[States and the Federal government are] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Perceiving the order of nature to be that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue, I am willing to hope it… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There is... an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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