"Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free…" — Thomas Jefferson
"Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government."
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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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The animal frame, though destined to fulfill so many other ends, is as a machine more perfect than the best…
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You will be able to appreciate the influence of such an Engine on the future progress of science. I live…
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Enthusiasm is the steam that drives the engine.
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It is arguable whether the human race have been gainers by the march of science beyond the steam engine. Electricity…
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We seem ambitious God's whole work to undo. ...With new diseases on ourselves we war, And with new physic, a…
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The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing.…
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Enthusiasm is the engine of success..
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What worries me though, is that after all those victories people don't see me as a human being anymore. I…
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In health of mind and body, men should see with their own eyes, hear and speak without trumpets, walk on…
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