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Use Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- If we suffer ourselves to be frightened from our post by mere lying, surely the enemy will use that weapon; for what one so cheap…
- It is a wise rule and should be fundamental in a government disposed to cherish its credit, and at the same time to restrain the…
- It is so difficult to draw a clear line of separation between the abuse and the wholesome use of the press, that as yet we…
- We must use a good deal of economy in our wood, never cutting down new, where we can make the old do.
- I agree with you that it is the duty of every good citizen to use all the opportunities, which occur to him, for preserving documents…
- The evidence of [the] natural right [of expatriation], like that of our right to life, liberty, the use of our faculties, the pursuit of happiness,…
- The right to use a thing comprehends a right to the means necessary to its use, and without which it would be useless.
- ...the science of calculation also is indispensable as far as the extraction of the square and cube roots: Algebra as far as the quadratic equation…
- Never use two words when one will do.
- The possession of facts is knowledge; the use of them is wisdom.
- It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead.
- Were I to commence my administration again, the first question I would ask respecting a candidate would be, Does he use ardent spirits?
- The earth belongs to the living. No man can, by natural right, oblige the lands he occupied or the persons who succeed him in that…
- No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.
- I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
- Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine all…
- I cannot live without books: but fewer will suffice where amusement, and not use, is the only future object.
- It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order.
- No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
- The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life, liberty, the use of our faculties, the pursuit of happiness,…
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- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator… — Aristotle
- I don't use a debit card. The safest thing is a credit card because you're using the bank's money. If someone accesses… — Frank Abagnale
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge,… — Isaac Asimov
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. — Francis of Assisi
- None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and… — Mary Astell