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Certain Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- Certain teachings in the Bible are as diamonds in a dung-heap.
- Convinced that the people are the only safe depositories of their own liberty, and that they are not safe unless enlightened to a certain degree,…
- The people of every country are the only safe guardians of their own rights, and are the only instruments which can be used for their…
- A single good government becomes... a blessing to the whole earth, its welcome to the oppressed restraining within certain limits the measure of their oppressions.…
- It may be regarded as certain that not a foot of land will ever be taken from the Indians without their own consent.
- I hold it certain that to open the doors of truth and to fortify the habit of testing everything by reason are the most effectual…
- I do not believe war the most certain means of enforcing principles. Those peaceable coercions which are in the power of every nation, if undertaken…
- We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among…
- ... legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property... Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation…
- I deem it the duty of every man to devote a certain portion of his income for charitable purposes; and that it is his further…
- Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. Nor is it less certain that the…
- It is an axiom in my mind that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too…
- [The purpose of a written constitution is] to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress, their acts shall…
- We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that…
- The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.
More Certain Quotes
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is… — Richard Bach
- It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the… — Teresa of Avila
- If you were to ask me if I'd ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I'd have to say… — Luis Bunuel
- I think we can provide common-sense approaches to the issue of illegal guns that are ending up on the streets. We can… — Barack Obama
- You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike. — Dave Attell