"It is more honorable to repair a wrong……" — Thomas Jefferson
"It is more honorable to repair a wrong than to persist in it."
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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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The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient…
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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
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What is permissible is not always honorable.
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Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust…
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In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.
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When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition.…
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Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.
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Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or…
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