"Every man's reason is his own rightful umpire.……" — Thomas Jefferson
"Every man's reason is his own rightful umpire. This principle, with that of acquiescence in the will of the majority, will preserve us free and prosperous as long as they are sacredly observed."
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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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No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence.
— Woodrow Wilson
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Establish the eternal truth that acquiescence under insult is not the way to escape war.
— Thomas Jefferson
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If you're fighting the system, then you're still caught in it. It's not about fighting the system; it's about ceasing…
— David Icke
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The dangers of unexamined and unregulated monopoly power, particularly in the state executive, are hardly news. The right reaction is…
— Noam Chomsky
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The best results in the operation of a government wherein every citizen has a share largely depend upon a proper…
— Grover Cleveland
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The great religious ages were notable for their indifference to human rights... not only for acquiescence in poverty, inequality, exploitation…
— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
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Why is acquiescence to the numerous viewed as better servitude than bowing to might?
— William J. Murray
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To say grace, knowing that people on this globe are starving, indicates a highly selfish acquiescence in the arrogantly supposed…
— Barbara Smoker
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He had somehow, with all his modesty, the rare faculty of controlling his superiors as well as his subordinates. He…
— Joshua Chamberlain
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Be the best. No negativity. No weakness. No acquiescence to fear or disaster. No errors of ignorance. No evasion to…
— Jeff Buckley
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Before none of your printed idols do I bend in acquiescence, and he who saith thou shalt to me is…
— Anton Szandor LaVey
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There is a certain indolence in us, a wish not to be disturbed, which tempts us to think that when…
— A J Muste
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