"Specie [gold and silver coin] is the most……" — Thomas Jefferson
"Specie [gold and silver coin] is the most perfect medium because it will preserve its own level; because, having intrinsic and universal value, it can never die in our hands, and it is the surest resource of reliance in time of war."
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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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We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to…
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All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want…
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The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism…
— Walter Benjamin
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I was actually the manager of the games department of an amusement park when I was at college, so I…
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Time is the coin of life. Only you can determine how it will be spent.
— Carl Sandburg
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Now, blessings light on him that first invented sleep!Ê It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a…
— Miguel de Cervantes
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Advice, the smallest current coin.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Flattery is a base coin which is current only through our vanity.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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'Refudiate,' 'misunderestimate,' 'wee-wee'd up.' English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!'
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Death's stamp gives value to the coin of life; making it possible to buy with life what is truly precious.
— Rabindranath Tagore
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Time is the coin of our live. We must take care how we spend it.
— Carl Sandburg
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Punishments and rewards are two sides of the same coin and that coin doesn't buy you much.
— Alfie Kohn
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