"Great innovations should not be forced on slender……" — Thomas Jefferson
"Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities."
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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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A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but…
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Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he…
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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is…
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The good thing about being an actor, and the gift of being an actor, is that you are beautifully forced…
— Javier Bardem
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It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who you are.
— Jean Baudrillard
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In fact, most people are being squeezed in their little cubicle, and their creativity is forced out elsewhere, because the…
— Scott Adams
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Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time.
— John Berger
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If we believe in a God at all, we must surely ascribe to him perfection of wisdom and perfection of…
— Annie Besant
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It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Why isn't the movie industry forced to open its shooting locations to an organization that is there to advocate for…
— Elayne Boosler
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If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced…
— Les Brown
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
— Abdallah II
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