"I am captivated more by dreams of the……" — Thomas Jefferson
"I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the past"
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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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Beauty kindles love, and only the one who remains captivated by it, only the one who is intoxicated by it,…
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How many of us would be able to overcome our desires and resist the temptation of sin? How many of…
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I only know two cats in this business that really had it all; Elvis was one of those guys, the…
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A technique can only work if it is in harmony with universal principles. Such principles need to be grasped through…
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Probably I, like a lot of people, became a writer in imitation of or in homage to the books I…
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He had somehow, with all his modesty, the rare faculty of controlling his superiors as well as his subordinates. He…
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As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material…
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