"The course of history shows that as a……" — Thomas Jefferson
"The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases."
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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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You have to steer a course between not appalling people, but at the same time not misleading them.
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Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers,…
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I don't think the relationship between novels and realities are one to one. Of course novels play different roles. It's…
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The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.
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Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation's history…
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I'd love to be a pop idol. Of course, my groupies are now between 40 and 50.
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