Basic principles Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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“Above all I hope that the education of the common people will be attended to so they won't forget the basic principles of freedom.”

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A man has a right to use a saw, an axe, a plane, separately; may he not combine their uses on the same piece of wood? He has a right to use his knife to cut his meat, a fork to hold it; may a patentee take from him the right to combine their use on the same subject? Such…

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Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make…

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[States and the Federal government are] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch…

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I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.

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Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period…

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“Perceiving the order of nature to be that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue, I am willing to hope it…

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Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those…

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Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear…

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A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.

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The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them,…

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Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness.

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There is... an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government,…

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I have visited sweatshops, factories, and crowded slums. If I could not see it, I could smell it. The foundation of society is laid upon a basis of . . . individualism, conquest and exploitation . . . A social order such as this, built upon such wrong and basic principles, is bound to retard the development of all. The…

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We can never have too much preparation and training. We must be a strong competitor. We must adhere staunchly to the basic principle that…

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[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power.

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If I do, I say so. That's the only way out of that. If there are three words that need to be used more in American journalism, commentary, politics, personal life... it's the magic words "I don't know." I mean, there are certain basic principles, like the dignity of the individual and the individual's responsibility, and certain basic economic principles,…

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Concentration is the key to economic results. No other principle of effectiveness is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of concentration… Our…

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The basic principle, and the principles of chiropractic which have been developed from it are not new. They are as old as the vertebrae...…

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I feel like we're between two great possibilities: we're either going to turn things around, and in this generation see the rising sun of a new moral dedication in America, or we're going to lose the struggle for that moral renewal, throw away the basic principles on which our life and civilization is based, and head toward a new century…

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There’s only one basic principle of self-defense- you must apply the most effective weapon, as soon as possible, to the most vulnerable target.

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People should find what approach really speaks to them, and then do it. Obviously, better with a good teacher, who can help you on…

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Different regions may require different strategies, as President Bush has noted, but not different basic principles. It's either collective security or selective security.

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I think that rather than talking about particular models, of which there could be a huge number, we should talk about basic principles of…

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