"The same prudence which in private life would……" — Thomas Jefferson
"The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys."
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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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Among the more irritating consequences of our flagrantly religious society is the special dispensation that mainstream religions receive. We all…
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There is new hope among people that this dispensation can fulfill their aspirations.
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Men may flee from the sunlight to dark and musty caves of the earth, but they cannot put out the…
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The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is…
— Benjamin Franklin
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But if so great a power is shown to have followed and to be still following the dispensation of His…
— Justin Martyr
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The Revelation of the Báb may be likened to the sun, its station corresponding to the first sign of the Zodiac—the sign…
— Shoghi Effendi
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Is it not that in the chain of human events, the birthday of a nation is indissolubly linked with the…
— John Quincy Adams
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Our foundation is the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. The authority of the holy priesthood is here, restored under…
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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As members of the Lord's Church, we must take missionary work more seriously. The Lord's commission to 'preach the gospel…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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We know that Elijah did return—at least twice—after Malachi's promise. At Christ's transfiguration, Elijah appeared on the mount to Peter,…
— Russell M. Nelson
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For the Christ of whom I speak has been revealed in this, the Dispensation of the Fulness [sic] of Times.…
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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Rather, the master question from which the mission of education research is derived: What should be taught to whom, and…
— Jerome Bruner
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