Evidence Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“I am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the things which are, without tormenting or troubling myself about those which may indeed be, but of which I have no evidence.”

Thomas Jefferson

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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…

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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…

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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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Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence.

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“Cops aren't really your friends, they are trying to be your friends but they are not.... - They are searching evidence to PIN YOU.”

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There's overwhelming evidence... circumstantial and otherwise, to suggest a connection between Iraq and al Qaeda.

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Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches…

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“Human unhappiness is evidence of our immortality.”

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The state is in danger of falling into disrepute due to the evidence of its inadequate resources.

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There is still zero empirical evidence that anthropogenic production of CO2 is making any measurable contribution to the world's present warming trend.

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