"It is an encouraging observation that no good……" — Thomas Jefferson
"It is an encouraging observation that no good measure was ever proposed which, if duly pursued, failed to prevail in the end."
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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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In all general questions which become the subjects of discussion, there are always some truths mixed with falsehoods. I confess,…
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Prayer time must be kept up as duly as meal-time.
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Every flower of the field, every fiber of a plant, every particle of an insect carries with it the impress…
— Unknown Author
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While I am deeply sensible to the high compliment of a re-election; and duly grateful, as I trust, to Almighty…
— Abraham Lincoln
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The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hope of a righteous and…
— Abraham Lincoln
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The god who is reputed to have created fleas to keep dogs from moping over their situation must also have…
— Garrett Hardin
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In the final, the positive, state, the mind has given over the vain search after absolute notions, the origin and…
— Auguste Comte
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The body of man has in itself blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile; these make up the nature of…
— Hippocrates
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Cyprian was not issuing a new decree but was keeping to the most solid belief of the Church in order…
— Saint Augustine
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Uniformity in the currency, weights, and measures of the United States is an object of great importance, and will, I…
— George Washington
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Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.
— Robert Walpole
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It becomes all therefore who are friends of a Government based on free principles to reflect, that by denying the…
— James Madison
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