"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences……" — Thomas Jefferson
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it."
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1,437 Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson has 1,437 quotes on this site.
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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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I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.
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After a child has arrived at the legal age for attending school,-whether he be the child of noble or of…
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I still get excited just attending a final four, because the process is so long, so arduous, so challenging, that…
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The best way to economize time is to 'lose' half an hour each day attending Holy Mass.
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As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement…
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Births and deaths are inevitable for man only during the state of ignorance in which he thinks he is the…
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It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every…
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