"The excellence of every government is its adaptation……" — Thomas Jefferson
"The excellence of every government is its adaptation to the state of those to be governed by it."
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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 true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general…
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Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not…
— Franz Boas
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I'm not afraid to play ugly - look at 'Adaptation.' I looked like a turd that a cat had coughed…
— Nicolas Cage
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The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than…
— Nick Cave
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Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple…
— Lord Chesterfield
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I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing…
— Warren Christopher
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I wrote a screenplay for a 'Sweet Valley High' adaptation, and it's really amazing to me how many women who…
— Diablo Cody
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There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance…
— Sun Tzu
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Monet's garden must be included with his works, because he combined the magic of an adaptation of nature with the…
— Georges Clemenceau
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Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This…
— Laozi
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During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned -…
— Peter Drucker
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It is not necessarily those lands which are the most fertile or most favored in climate that seem to me…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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