"The danger is that the cruel arts of……" — Thomas Jefferson
"The danger is that the cruel arts of their oppressors have enchained their minds, have kept them in the ignorance of children, and as incapable of self-government as children. If the obstacles of bigotry, the shackles of the priest-craft can be surmo."
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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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To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite,…
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Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have…
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As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.
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I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some…
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I love all of the arts. I love motion pictures. I love stage. I love theater.
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Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any…
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Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
— Andre Breton
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One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both…
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Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts.
— Eli Broad
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Unlike productions in the other arts, all television shows are born to destroy two other shows.
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