"A pirate spreading misery and ruin over the……" — Thomas Jefferson
"A pirate spreading misery and ruin over the face of the ocean"
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1,437 Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
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Religious leaders will always avail themselves of public ignorance for their own purpose.
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Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your…
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[Emigrants] will bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or, if able…
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The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted…
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It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral…
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The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also.
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If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.
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We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people whatever.
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I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better…
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The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.
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It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature,…
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Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness.
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But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such…
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You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as…
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It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself…
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I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these…
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Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of…
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I came to live in Shepperton in 1960. I thought: the future isn't in the metropolitan areas of London. I…
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I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That's one of the reasons I didn't retire - I…
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We stay as a team. I might be England captain, but that doesn't mean I get treated differently.
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In England, David and I are big fish in a small pond. But in L.A., we are tiny, tiny, tiny…
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The destruction of India's village system was the greatest of England's blunders.
— Annie Besant
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My private life is very private, and I have chosen not to live in America or England, where you are…
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I love England. It's no coincidence it's the first place I moved to for a more cosmopolitan life, which is…
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