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Alone Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- Education is here placed among the articles of public care, not that it would be proposed to take its ordinary branches out of the hands…
- Every one must act according to the dictates of his own reason, and mine tells me that civil powers alone have been given to the…
- [If a book were] very innocent, and one which might be confided to the reason of any man; not likely to be much read if…
- Our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to God alone.
- We owe gratitude to France, justice to England, good will to all, and subservience to none ... it was by the sober sense of our…
- We ought not to schismatize on either men or measures. Principles alone can justify that.
- He alone who walks strict and upright, and who, in matters of opinion, will be contented that others should be as free as himself and…
- Believing that the happiness of mankind is best promoted by the useful pursuits of peace, that on these alone a stable prosperity can be founded,…
- I have been happy . . . in believing that . . . whatever follies we may be led into as to foreign nations, we…
- A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at…
- The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working under ground to undermine the foundations of our confederated…
- That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone.
- The principles on which we engaged, of which the charter of our independence is the record, were sanctioned by the laws of our being, and…
- Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone.
- Our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to our god alone. I enquire after no man's and trouble none with mine; nor…
- Let our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us against these evils of misgovernment.
- For themselves they fought, for themselves they conquered, and for themselves alone they have they have right to hold.
- Whiskey claims to itself alone the exclusive office of sot-making.
- Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought in my life:…
- Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.
- It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
- One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.
- I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone for the reduction…
- The people are the ultimate guardians of their own liberties. In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption…
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- I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone. — Richard Avedon
- Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone… — Teresa of Avila
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