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He Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
- Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that…
- He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
- When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.
- He who knows best knows how little he knows.
- One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.
- An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
- Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
- It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
- I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.
- Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or…
- Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because,…
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- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down. — J. J. Abrams
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
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- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- No one loves the man whom he fears. — Aristotle
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