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Wisdom Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just nation.
- The elective franchise, if guarded as the ark of our safety, will peaceably dissipate all combinations to subvert a Constitution, dictated by the wisdom, and…
- I join cordially in admiring and revering the Constitution of the United States, the result of the collected wisdom of our country. That wisdom has…
- The natural aristocracy I consider as the most precious gift of nature for the instruction, the trusts, and government of society. And indeed it would…
- But the Chief Justice says, 'There must be an ultimate arbiter somewhere.' True, there must; but does that prove it is either party? The ultimate…
- The possession of facts is knowledge; the use of them is wisdom.
- The constitution of the United States is the result of the collected wisdom of our country.
- Choice by the people themselves is not generally distinguished for its wisdom.
- The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
- Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
- A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of…
- To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
- It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars…
- Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
- Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within…
- I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
- He who knows best knows how little he knows.
- Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.
- So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done,…
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