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America Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- It is not the policy of the government in America to give aid to works of any kind. They let things take their natural course…
- The superiority of chocolate (hot chocolate), both for health and nourishment, will soon give it the same preference over tea and coffee in America which…
- I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries as long as they are chiefly agricultural; and this will be as long as there…
- I shall rejoin myself to my native country, with new attachments, and with exaggerated esteem for its advantages; for though there is less wealth there,…
- The steady character of our countrymen is a rock to which we may safely moor; and notwithstanding the efforts of the papers to disseminate early…
- In America, no other distinction between man and man had ever been known but that of persons in office exercising powers by authority of the…
- The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government
- The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us.
- I could think of no worse example for nations abroad, who for the first time were trying to put free electoral procedures into effect, than…
- It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate.
- I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and…
- If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become…
- Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted.
- We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
- My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
More America Quotes
- I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come… — Paul Auster
- What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And LA is… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear of ulcers… — Desi Arnaz
- When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price. — Arthur Ashe
- Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing… — Bashar al-Assad
- Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending… — Bashar al-Assad
- There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me… — Chinua Achebe
- God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as a shared… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it.… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for… — John James Audubon