"It is rare that the public sentiment decides……" — Thomas Jefferson
"It is rare that the public sentiment decides immorally or unwisely, and the individual who differs from it ought to distrust and examine well his own opinion."
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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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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most…
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Remember, no one decides who they're going to vote for based on the vice president. I mean that literally.
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How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.
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The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept…
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If there really is a God who created the entire universe with all of its glories, and He decides to…
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in…
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I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my personal approach that…
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