"The rational and peacable instrument of reform, the……" — Thomas Jefferson
"The rational and peacable instrument of reform, the suffrage of the people."
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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 more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation…
— Hannah Arendt
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I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It's fragile. I don't have a lot of finesse…
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
— Francis of Assisi
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It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right…
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of…
— Lord Acton
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Some photographers take reality... and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly…
— Ansel Adams
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Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
— John Adams
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The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind…
— John Adams
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My body is an instrument for me to use.
— Emmanuelle Beart
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Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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The camera is no more an instrument of preservation, the image is.
— Berenice Abbott
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Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as…
— Walter Benjamin
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