"One had rather have no opinion than a…" — Thomas Jefferson
"One had rather have no opinion than a false one."
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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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More False Quotes
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one of 1,931 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Still bent to make some port he knows not where, still standing for some false impossible shore.
— Matthew Arnold
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A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
— Saint Augustine
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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only…
— Dan Aykroyd
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Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in…
— Sai Baba
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An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and…
— Russell Baker
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You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never…
— Stanley Baldwin
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I am so spoiled. I cannot watch a show where it gets interrupted for ads. I have to TiVo it…
— Alan Ball
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I say I'm the only serious comedian in the presidential race. And I'd like to take this opportunity to ask…
— Roseanne Barr
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Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend…
— Ethel Barrymore
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A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of…
— Saul Bellow
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It's all false pressure; you put the heat on yourself, you get it from the networks and record companies and…
— John Belushi
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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers,…
— Ambrose Bierce
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