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Selected Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- Unless the mass retains sufficient control over those entrusted with the powers of their government, these will be perverted to their own oppression, and to…
- I hold it to be one of the distinguishing excellences of elective over hereditary successions that the talents which nature has provided in sufficient proportion,…
- Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under protection of habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected, these principles form the…
- Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected, - these…
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- He first selected the smallest one...and then bowed his head as though he were saying grace. Opening his mouth very wide, he… — William Makepeace Thackeray
- Sometimes language gets in the way of the story's feelings. The reader finds himself experiencing the language of the story rather than… — Leonard Michaels
- Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot… — Oscar Wilde
- We can choose to use our growing knowledge to enslave people in ways never dreamed of before, depersonalizing them, controlling them by… — Carl Rogers
- To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away… — Dennis Banks
- We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges. — Stephen Breyer
- It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service. — Ulysses S. Grant
- What is a novel if not a conviction of our fellow men's existence strong enough to take upon itself a form of… — Joseph Conrad