Jefferson Quotes

133 Jefferson quotes by 107 unique authors

So far I've seen the life studies packet used as (1) an umbrella, (2) a makeshift towel, (3) a pillow, and now this. I have… — Lauren Oliver
Didn't Gandalf say "With great power comes great responsibility"? (If it wasn't Gandalf, maybe it was Thomas Jefferson. Or Spider-Man's uncle.) — Tom Angleberger
Nevertheless, (Jefferson) believed that the habit of skepticism is an essential prerequisite for responsible citizenship. He argued that the cost of education is trivial compared… — Carl Sagan
But, Jefferson worried that the people - and the argument goes back to Thucydides and Aristotle - are easily misled. He also stressed, passionately and… — Carl Sagan
But the fascinating and unbelievable-but-true thing about Dr. Jefferson Jeffersonis that he was not a doctor of any kind. He was just an orange juice… — John Green
Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. We are really founded on an argument about… — Joseph J. Ellis
This is the thing to bomb. This is the beginning—from "I" to "we". If you who own the things people must have could understand this,… — John Steinbeck
It's happened many times before. Usually it results in an exceptional and gifted human. Some of the greatest figures in Earth's history were actually the… — Pittacus Lore
It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty,… — Chris Gardner
Why should the Eisenhower memorial be over twice the size of WWII Memorial? Why should it be so vast as to comfortably house two Lincoln… — Leon Krier
There is no right to a job or a wage rate, but there is a right to move from one country to another in search… — Alex Tabarrok
We know Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin as politicians, but they felt that science was something everyone should have a knowledge of. — Rush D. Holt, Jr.
It is easily and often overlooked that when Thomas Jefferson asserted that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were inalienable human rights, he did… — Tom Stoppard
Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson hated each other so much. But that hate that they had for each other did not come before the love… — David Scott
Few American presidents are held in higher esteem than Thomas Jefferson. Though historians have scrutinized every phase of his long public career and found him… — Robert Dallek
Not everyone has the survival skills of William Jefferson Clinton. — Tina Brown
We put on shows at Golden Gate Park with the Dead and Jefferson Airplane, and the groups were part of the community they emerged out… — Peter Coyote
Life in cyberspace seems to be shaping up exactly like Thomas Jefferson would have wanted: founded on the primacy of individual liberty and a commitment… — Mitch Kapor
The platform we had in Dallas, the 1984 Republican platform, all the ideas we supported there - from tax policy, to foreign policy; from individual… — Trent Lott
Of course, Mississippi participates in federal matching programs for everything from preserving the post-Civil War home of Jefferson Davis to beaver control. — Ronnie Musgrove
I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House with the… — John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Thirty years after drafting the US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson warned of the dangers posed by the corporation, writing of the need to crush… — Ben Manski
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence,… — John Fitzgerald Kennedy
'The people are the only sure reliance, for the preservation of our LIBERTY!' Thomas Jefferson — Andrew Guzaldo
Dont say you dont have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo,… — Unknown Author

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