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Best World Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.
- 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…
- Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.
- The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
- I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.
- The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.
- 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…
- I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage, with my books, my family, and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon,…
- I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world and do not find in our particular superstition [Christianity] one redeeming feature.
- If by religion we are to understand sectarian dogmas, in which no two of them agree, then your exclamation on that hypothesis is just, "that…
- Coffee - the favorite drink of the civilized world.
- So inscrutable is the arrangement of causes and consequences in this world, that a two-penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed in a sequestered part of…
- I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the…
- I have examined all of the known superstitions of the world and i do not find our superstitions of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are…
- 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…
- On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning of the world to this day, have been quarrelling, fighting,…
- Under the law of nature, all men are born free, every one comes into the world with a right to his own person, which includes…
- Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act if all the…
- He is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad
- 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…
- What has been the effect of religious coercion? To make half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites.
- Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined, and imprisoned, yet we have not advanced one…
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- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- The Third World is not a reality but an ideology. — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm… — Giorgio Armani
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach