"The ground of liberty is to be gained……" — Thomas Jefferson
"The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good."
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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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Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the…
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To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but…
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Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought…
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There cannot be a nation of millionaires, and there never has been a nation of Utopian comrades; but there have…
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How true it is that, if we are cheerful and contented, all nature smiles, the air seems more balmy, the…
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Government is emphatically a machine: to the discontented a taxing machine, to the contented a machine for securing property.
— Thomas Carlyle
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In every man's mind the good seeds of liberty are planted, and he who brings his fellow down so low,…
— Henry Highland Garnet
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What continues to astonish me about a garden is that you can walk past it in a hurry, see something…
— Dorothy Gilman
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Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty are surely sufficient, resting contented with these, never a thorn shall you…
— John Hay
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Go anywhere in England where there are natural wholesome, contented and really nice English people; and what do you find?…
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