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Doe Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to…
- I have ever judged of the religion of others by their lives... But this does not satisfy the priesthood. They must have a positive, a…
- A government regulating itself by what is wise and just for the many, uninfluenced by the local and selfish views of the few who direct…
- The right of self-government does not comprehend the government of others.
- Where strictness of grammar does not weaken expression, it should be attended to. . . . But where, by small grammatical negligences, the energy of…
- But the Chief Justice says, 'There must be an ultimate arbiter somewhere.' True, there must; but does that prove it is either party? The ultimate…
- Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is…
- For the power given to Congress by the Constitution does not extend to the internal regulation of the commerce of a State (that is to…
- Were I to commence my administration again, the first question I would ask respecting a candidate would be, Does he use ardent spirits?
- No man complains of his neighbor for ill management of his affairs, for an error in sowing his land, or marrying his daughter, for consuming…
- The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error.
- Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good…
- It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.
- Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
- When I hear another express an opinion which is not mine, I say to myself, he has a right to his opinion, as I to…
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- Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad
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