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Keep Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The…
- I endeavor to keep their attention fixed on the main objects of all science, the freedom & happiness of man.
- Yes, we did produce a near perfect republic. But will they keep it? Or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of…
- The future inhabitants of [both] the Atlantic and Mississippi states will be our sons. We think we see their happiness in their union, and we…
- He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it's most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people…
- The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left…
- The time to guard against corruption and tyranny is before they shall have gotten hold of us. It is better to keep the wolf out…
- To constrain the brute force of the people, the European governments deem it necessary to keep them down by hard labor, poverty and ignorance, and…
- Believing that the happiness of mankind is best promoted by the useful pursuits of peace, that on these alone a stable prosperity can be founded,…
- But, you may ask, if the two departments [i.e., federal and state] should claim each the same subject of power, where is the common umpire…
- To be really useful, we must keep pace with the state of society, and not dishearten it by attempts at what its population, means, or…
- All we can do is to make the best of our friends, love and cherish what is good in them, and keep out of the…
- The past stays put, I just keep moving farther away from it.
- The First Amendment has created a wall of separation between the church and the State. But that wall is one directional. It is to keep…
- None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important.
- As new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace…
- I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of…
- The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny…
- When I hear another express an opinion which is not mine, I say to myself, he has a right to his opinion, as I to…
- It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order.
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- The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading. — David Bailey
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