"Men are disposed to live honestly, if the……" — Thomas Jefferson
"Men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to them."
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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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Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries…
— Jane Austen
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If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has…
— Joseph Addison
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In such a diversity it was impossible I should be disposed to melancholy.
— Daniel Boone
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I can wear a baseball cap; I am entitled to wear a baseball cap. I am genetically pre-disposed to wear…
— Bill Bryson
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Liars are always most disposed to swear.
— Vittorio Alfieri
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None of the miracles with which ancient histories are filled, occurred under scientific conditions. Observation never once contradicted, teaches us…
— Ernest Renan
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As to my success here I cannot say much as yet: the Indians seem generally kind, and well-disposed towards me,…
— David Brainerd
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It seems that nature, which has so wisely disposed our bodily organs with a view to our happiness, has also…
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Nothing to me is more distasteful than that entire complacency and satisfaction which beam in the countenances of a new…
— Charles Lamb
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A person is disposed to an act of choice by an angel ... in two ways. Sometimes, a man's understanding…
— Thomas Aquinas
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We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the…
— Ignatius Loyola
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Ideological talk and phrase mongering about political liberties should be disposed with; all that is just mere chatter and phrase…
— Vladimir Lenin
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