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Contrary Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- I think it is a great error to consider a heavy tax on wines as a tax on luxury. On the contrary, it is a…
- Speaking one day to Monsieur de Buffon, on the present ardor of chemical inquiry, he affected to consider chemistry but as cookery, and to place…
- The flames kindled on the Fourth of July, 1776, have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by the feeble engines of…
- I have learned to be less confident in the conclusions of human reason, and give more credit to the honesty of contrary opinions.
- If we are made in some degree for others, yet in a greater are we made for ourselves. It were contrary to feeling and indeed…
- If anything pass in a religious meeting seditiously and contrary to the public peace, let it be punished in the same manner and no otherwise…
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- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development… — Lord Acton
- I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from… — Mikhail Bakunin
- When I get on stage, my first goal is not to show my expertise, but on the contrary, to give a bit… — Andrea Bocelli
- The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness. — Thomas Aquinas
- All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. You can "already know for sure" things that… — Mark Twain
- Do not, however, mistake me. It is not to my good friend's heresy that I impute his honesty. On the contrary, 'tis… — Benjamin Franklin