"I am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the……" — Thomas Jefferson
"I am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the things which are, without tormenting or troubling myself about those which may indeed be, but of which I have no evidence."
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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 human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place…
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Extraordinary allegations require extraordinary evidence.
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Where do we say that a cell became a blade of grass, which became a starfish, which became a cat,…
— Michele Bachmann
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The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has…
— Balthus
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Gather experience... Look at what you should not look at. A feeling of anxiety is the sure and certain evidence…
— Clive Barker
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The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin.
— Henry Adams
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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot…
— John Adams
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There is something wrong with our culture when the view that marriage is between one man and one woman, a…
— Gary Bauer
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My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what…
— Martha Beck
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Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
— Ambrose Bierce
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There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.
— Josh Billings
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Genetic modification has many different areas, for example in medicine, and Britain is at the leading edge of this new…
— Tony Blair
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