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Evidence Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- The whole history of these books (i.e. the Gospels) is so defective and doubtful that it seems vain to attempt minute enquiry into it: and…
- Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that…
- The evidence of [the] natural right [of expatriation], like that of our right to life, liberty, the use of our faculties, the pursuit of happiness,…
- The true fountains of evidence [are] the head and heart of every rational and honest man. It is there nature has written her moral laws,…
- MORAL LAW, Evidence of.- Man has been subjected by his Creator to the moral law, of which his feelings, or conscience as it is sometimes…
- 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:…
- The opinions and beliefs of men follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds.
- I am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the things which are, without tormenting or troubling myself about those which may indeed be, but of which…
- I should . . . prefer swallowing one incomprehensibility rather than two. It requires one effort only to admit the single incomprehensibility of matter endowed…
- The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life, liberty, the use of our faculties, the pursuit of happiness,…
More Evidence Quotes
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- Extraordinary allegations require extraordinary evidence. — Lance Armstrong
- Where do we say that a cell became a blade of grass, which became a starfish, which became a cat, which became… — Michele Bachmann
- The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to… — Balthus
- Gather experience... Look at what you should not look at. A feeling of anxiety is the sure and certain evidence that you… — Clive Barker
- The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. — Henry Adams
- Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the… — John Adams
- There is something wrong with our culture when the view that marriage is between one man and one woman, a view shared… — Gary Bauer
- My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think… — Martha Beck
- Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. — Ambrose Bierce
- There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing. — Josh Billings
- Genetic modification has many different areas, for example in medicine, and Britain is at the leading edge of this new technology. I… — Tony Blair