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Greater Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- no one more sincerely wishes the spread of information among mankind than I do, and none has greater confidence in it's effect towards supporting free…
- Considering the great importance to the public liberty of the freedom of the press, and the difficulty of submitting it to very precise rules, the…
- 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…
- I sincerely wish you may find it convenient to come here. the pleasure of the trip will be less than you expect, but the utility…
- Man was destined for society. His morality, therefore, was to be formed to this object. He was endowed with a sense of right and wrong…
- 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…
- No generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own existence.
- A private central bank issuing the public currency is a greater menace to the liberties of the people than a standing army. We must not…
- The only greater [evil] than separation... [is] living under a government of discretion.
- It would not be for the public good to have [a majority in Congress of one party] greater [than] two to one.
- The earth belongs to the living. No man can, by natural right, oblige the lands he occupied or the persons who succeed him in that…
- But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of…
- I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
- Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . .…
- But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater…
- I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely approve of the greater house being chosen by the people…
- But friendship is precious, not only in shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part…
- The moral sense, or conscience, is as much a part of man as his leg or arm. It is given to all human beings in…
- Friendship is precious, but friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement, the…
More Greater Quotes
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. — Isaac Asimov
- It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk… — Marcel Achard
- The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to… — Norman Ralph Augustine
- A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions. — Marcus Aurelius
- It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of… — Teresa of Avila
- 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
- Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have… — Michelle Bachelet
- The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding. — Francis Bacon
- The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah. — Abu Bakr
- To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad. — Abu Bakr
- Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself. — Honore de Balzac