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Parent Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- To all of which is added a selection from the elementary schools of subjects of the most promising genius, whose parents are too poor to…
- He wove those three threads into a talk ranging from annually spending a week at Halloween as a child collecting candy to giving candy to…
- Confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism. Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence.
- It is better to tolerate the rare instance of a parent refusing to let his child be educated, than to shock the common feelings and…
- Adore God. Reverence and cherish your parents. Love your neighbor as yourself, and your country more than yourself. Be just. Be true. Murmur not at…
- If it is believed that these elementary schools will be better managed by the governor and council or any other general authority of the government,…
- Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.
- Resolved ... that it would be a dangerous delusion were a confidence in the men of our choice to silence our fears for the safety…
- Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both in proportion as it is free.
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