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Example Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- Even in Europe a change has sensibly taken place in the mind of man. Science has liberated the ideas of those who read and reflect,…
- 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.…
- I join cordially in admiring and revering the Constitution of the United States, the result of the collected wisdom of our country. That wisdom has…
- Still we did not expect to be without rubs and difficulties; and we have had them. First the detention of Western posts: then the coalition…
- The example of changing a constitution by assembling the wise men of the state, instead of assembling armies, will be worth as much to the…
- Sir, no nation has ever yet existed or been governed without religion. Nor can be. The Christian religion is the best religion that has been…
- I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one.
- We have already given in example one effectual check to the dog of war by transferring the power of letting him loose from the Executive…
- 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…
- History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their…
- History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their…
- I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already…
More Example Quotes
- Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Whoever wants to set a good example must add a grain of foolishness to his virtue: then others can imitate and yet… — Friedrich Nietzsche
- All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is… — Teresa of Avila
- Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example. — Robert Baden-Powell
- I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples… — Giorgio Armani
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two… — Ambrose Bierce