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Inquiry Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of…
- We have solved, by fair experiment, the great and interesting question whether freedom of religion is compatible with order in government and obedience to the…
- Speaking one day to Monsieur de Buffon, on the present ardor of chemical inquiry, he affected to consider chemistry but as cookery, and to place…
- Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error... They are the natural enemies of error, and of error only... If [free enquiry]…
- Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.
- SIR,-Your letter of February the 18th came to hand on the 1st instant; and the request of the history of my physical habits would have…
- In a republican nation whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first…
- Reason and free inquiry are the only effective agents against error. Give a loose to them, they will support the true religion by bringing every…
- What has been the effect of coericion [sic]? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and errors…
- I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and…
- I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of…
More Inquiry Quotes
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
- True science is never speculative; it employs hypotheses as suggesting points for inquiry, but it never adopts the hypotheses as though they… — Cleveland Abbe
- Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way. — Hosea Ballou
- Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. — Ambrose Bierce
- After reading the doctrines of Plato, Socrates or Aristotle, we feel the specific difference between their words and Christ's is the difference… — Joseph Parker
- Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason,… — Thomas Jefferson
- When inquiry is suppressed by previous knowledge, or by the authority and experience of another, then learning becomes mere imitation, and imitation… — Jiddu Krishnamurti