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Best Let Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy of opportunity
- Let the farmer forevermore be honored in his calling; for they who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God.
- 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…
- 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…
- If we cannot secure all our rights, let us secure what we can.
- The true theory of our Constitution is surely the wisest and best, that the States are independent as to everything within themselves, and united as…
- I do believe that General Washington had not a firm confidence in the durability of our government. He was naturally distrustful of men, and inclined…
- If anything pass in a religious meeting seditiously and contrary to the public peace, let it be punished in the same manner and no otherwise…
- Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things to rights.
- Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art .
- A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body,…
- As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.
- 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…
- The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to…
- To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or…
- On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit of…
- If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state…
- If the book be false in its facts, disprove them; if false in its reasoning, refute it. But, for God's sake, let us freely hear…
- What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let…
- All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every…
- The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the…
- It was more in our spirit to let things come to rights by the plain dictates of common sense than by the practice of any…
More Let Quotes
- Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. — Pietro Aretino
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster
- We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave - so let us let them leave. — Mahmoud Abbas
- It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then. — Richard Armour
- Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke. — Arthur Ashe
- Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. — Isaac Asimov
- Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. — Francis of Assisi
- Where there is injury let me sow pardon. — Francis of Assisi
- Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that… — Brooks Atkinson