"The purpose of government is to enable the……" — Thomas Jefferson
"The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors."
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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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Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of…
— Richard Armour
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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
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Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
— Franklin P. Adams
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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his…
— Ambrose Bierce
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
— Otto von Bismarck
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Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
— James Bovard
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The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
— Winston Churchill
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Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are…
— Henry Clay
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One year ago, the RNC began the Growth and Opportunity Project to help reach new voters, engage diverse communities, and…
— Renee Amoore
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It is amazing how soon one becomes accustomed to the sound of ones voice, when forced to repeat a speech…
— J. William Fulbright
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The politician is . . . trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt or rounded,…
— Edward R. Murrow
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The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.
— Learned Hand
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