"I have great hope that some patriotic spirit……" — Thomas Jefferson
"I have great hope that some patriotic spirit will, at a favorable moment, call (up the law for religious freedom) and make it the keystone of the arch of our government."
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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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More Arch Quotes
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All experience is an arch, to build upon.
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A lot of period dramas can appear quite arch to most people, stuffy.
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Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness.
— Thomas Jefferson
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The devil is not only a liar, but also a murderer, he constantly seeks our life, and wreaks his anger…
— Martin Luther
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Dianetics is a milestone for man comparable to his discovery of fire and superior to his invention of the wheel…
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If architects want to strengthen a decrepit arch, they increase the load that is laid upon it, for thereby the…
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The archenemy is the arch stupid!
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The resurrection is the keystone of the arch on which our faith is supported. If Christ has not risen, we…
— Dwight L. Moody
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Nothing is more useless in developing a nation's economy than a gun, and nothing blocks the road to social development…
— King Hussein I
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A farmer's horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind.…
— Anthony Trollope
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Every solitary one of these aristocratic conspirators and would-be murderers claims to be an arch-patriot; every one of them insists…
— Eugene V. Debs
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The majority of my background is multi-camera format, which is very broad and a very arch perception of reality. Whereas…
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