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Neither Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to…
- The advocate of religious freedom is to expect neither peace nor forgiveness from [the clergy].
- A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither.
- We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation…
- Neither believe nor reject any thing because any other person, or description of persons have rejected or believed it. Your own reason is the only…
- But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they are forming that…
- Public employment contributes neither to advantage nor happiness. It is but honorable exile from one's family and affairs.
- Our part is to pursue with steadiness what is right, turning neither to right nor left for the intrigues or popular delusions of the day,…
- 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…
- I served with General Washington in die Legislature of Virginia...and...with Doctor Franklin in Congress. I never heard neither of them speak ten minutes at a…
- The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither.
- It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
- Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . .…
- Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law.
- Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting John Locke's argument.
- The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.
- I should . . . prefer swallowing one incomprehensibility rather than two. It requires one effort only to admit the single incomprehensibility of matter endowed…
- Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.
More Neither Quotes
- It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle
- Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. — Francis of Assisi
- Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank. — Norman Ralph Augustine
- Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. — Marcus Aurelius
- It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin. — Teresa of Avila
- It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. — Roger Babson
- History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong. — Lord Acton
- We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone? — Anna Letitia Barbauld
- I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life.… — Lucille Ball
- Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon and evil as Hell. — Edward Abbey
- Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent… — Georges Bataille