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Necessary 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 think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.
- No government can continue good but under the control of the people; and . . . . their minds are to be informed by education…
- Education is here placed among the articles of public care, not that it would be proposed to take its ordinary branches out of the hands…
- It is (our) duty . . . to pay especial attention to the principles of government which shall be inculcated therein (at the University), and…
- With your talents and industry, with science, and that steadfast honesty which eternally pursues right, regardless of consequences, you may promise yourself every thing-but health,…
- 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…
- The division into whig and tory is founded in the nature of men; the weakly and nerveless, the rich and the corrupt, seeing more safety…
- I value peace, and I should unwillingly see any event take place which would render war a necessary resource.
- When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and…
- I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms are in…
- The right to use a thing comprehends a right to the means necessary to its use, and without which it would be useless.
- I believe that justice is instinct and innate, that the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as that of feeling, seeing,…
- I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, where it is found necessary, than to assume it by a construction which would…
- A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.
- Travelling is good for your health and necessary for your amusement.
- The spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless... From the conclusion of this war we shall…
- A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of…
- Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of…
- I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.
- Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more…
- Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government. Public servants at such a distance, and from under the…
- I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the…
More Necessary Quotes
- Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Francis of Assisi
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. — Diane Ackerman
- The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular… — Charles Babbage
- Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the… — Edward Bach
- Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is… — Richard Bach
- There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we… — Richard Bach
- Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government.… — Michael Badnarik
- I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from… — Mikhail Bakunin
- A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse… — Mikhail Bakunin
- Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary? — James M. Barrie
- It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. — Charles Baudelaire