"The sentiments of men are known not only……" — Thomas Jefferson
"The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also."
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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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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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Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good…
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
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Happiness depends upon ourselves.
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
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Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries…
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The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be…
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Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our…
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In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of the collective unconscious.…
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Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself…
— Honore de Balzac
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Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.
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During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away…
— Bernard Baruch
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It is insight into human nature that is the key to the communicator's skill. For whereas the writer is concerned…
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