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Perfect Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- 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 Gothic idea that we were to look backwards instead of forwards for the improvement of the human mind, and to recur to the annals…
- I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.
- It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation . . . . Our interest will be to throw open…
- Specie [gold and silver coin] is the most perfect medium because it will preserve its own level; because, having intrinsic and universal value, it can…
- Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. ... With hearts fortified ... we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare that... we will,…
- Political dissension is doubtless a less evil than the lethargy of despotism: but still it is a great evil, and it would be as worthy…
- Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were…
- Perfect happiness, I believe, was never intended by the Deity to be the lot of one of his creatures in this world; but that he…
- Perfect happiness I believe was never intended by the deity to be the lot of any one of his creatures in this world; but that…
- The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of rights.
More Perfect Quotes
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice? — Billie Joe Armstrong
- We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well… — Neil Armstrong
- If I waited for perfection... I would never write a word. — Margaret Atwood
- If you're waiting for the perfect moment, you'll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I… — Margaret Atwood
- Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. — Saint Augustine
- Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety,… — Sri Aurobindo
- To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. — Jane Austen
- An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect… — Irving Babbitt
- I've always been pro-life from conception to natural death. It's important for the Republican nominee to maintain what we stand for. We… — Michele Bachmann
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