"The art of reasoning becomes of first importance.……" — Thomas Jefferson
"The art of reasoning becomes of first importance. In this line antiquity has left us the finest models for imitation; I should consider the speeches of Livy, Sallust, and Tacitus, as pre-eminent specimens of logic, taste, and that sententious brevity which, using not a word to spare, leaves not a moment for inattention to the hearer. Amplification is the vice of modern oratory."
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1,437 Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
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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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[In the Royal Society, there] has been, a constant Resolution, to reject all the amplifications, digressions, and swellings of style:…
— Thomas Sprat
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Most electronic equipment uses the principle of amplification. You need filters, modulators and mixing equipment which have gain stages. By…
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Some of the most remarkable and profound worship encounters I've experienced have happened in churches with no production, no lighting,…
— Tim Hughes
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When a human being without amplification makes a sound that is high and loud, it is almost unworldly.
— Renee Fleming
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Most of what happens in the world is just a consequence of natural, universal laws- laws that apply everywhere and…
— PZ Myers
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I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.
— Brownie McGhee
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The relentless note of incipient hysteria, the invitation to panic, the ungrounded scenarios - the overwhelming and underlying desire for…
— Adam Gopnik
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Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a…
— Alan Jay Lerner
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The relation of repetitions for learning and for repeating English stanzas needs no amplification. These were learned by heart on…
— Hermann Ebbinghaus
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Yeah, look, I think what we have with the social media and the digital media, and all the telecommunications we…
— Mike DeWine
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I attach the greatest importance to an amplification of the peace efforts in the Middle East. I would also like…
— Francois Hollande
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The adoration of the sun was one of the earliest and most natural forms of religious expression. Complex modern theologies…
— Manly Hall
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