"Do not be too severe upon the errors……" — Thomas Jefferson
"Do not be too severe upon the errors of the people, but reclaim them by enlightening them."
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1,437 Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson has 1,437 quotes on this site.
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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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O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy…
— Saint Augustine
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When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven,…
— Akhenaton
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Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing…
— Steve Albini
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Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
— Warren Buffett
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I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality, abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery.
— Eric Cantona
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The lover of silence draws close to God. He talks to Him in secret and God enlightens him.
— John Climacus
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We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us; God has provided for…
— Thomas Aquinas
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We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may…
— Al Gore
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Man, no doubt, owes many other moral duties to his fellow men; such as to feed the hungry, clothe the…
— Lysander Spooner
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Be the apostle of the divine Eucharist, like a flame which enlightens and warms, like the Angel of his heart…
— Peter Julian Eymard
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Defeat serves to enlighten us.
— Johann Kaspar Lavater
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This formidable censor of the public functionaries [the press], by arraigning them at the tribunal of public opinion, produces reform…
— Thomas Jefferson
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