"Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of……" — Thomas Jefferson
"Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight. But the enormities of the times in which I have lived, have forced me to take a part in resisting them, and to commit myself on the boisterous ocean of political passions."
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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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Many of the phenomena of Winter are suggestive of an inexpressible tenderness and fragile delicacy. We are accustomed to hear…
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"And now you have joy?" "I do indeed." "And how did you get it?" "I chose it, admitted it into…
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In our passage from the Cape of Good Hope the winds were mostly from the westward with very boisterous weather:…
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On you and me and everything, I bestow my ripe blessings and boisterous bliss...
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show…
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But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the…
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The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but…
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It is not easy to enter into the silence and reach beyond the many boisterous and demanding voices of our…
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For in a government of laws and not of men, no man, however prominent or powerful, and no mob however…
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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