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Taking Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- A noiseless course, not meddling with the affairs of others, unattractive of notice, is a mark that society is going on in happiness. If we…
- Men of energy of character must have enemies; because there are two sides to every question, and taking one with decision, and acting on it…
- Legislators invent too many devices for subdividing property, only taking care to let their subdivisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the…
- "It astonishes me to find... [that so many] of our countrymen... should be contented to live under a system which leaves to their governors the…
- If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become…
- 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 wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone for the reduction…
- I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care…
- If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy.
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