"The truth is that the want of common……" — Thomas Jefferson
"The truth is that the want of common education with us is not from our poverty, but from the want of an orderly system. More money is now paid for the education of a part than would be paid for that of the whole if systematically arranged."
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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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A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each…
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Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature.
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His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations.
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It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.
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Well arranged time is the surest mark of a well arranged mind
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The letters in 'Brace Beemer' can be arranged to spell 'Embrace Beer.'
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The destiny of mankind is arranged for happy moments every life has such but not for happy times.
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Passing just lately over this lake, ... and examining this water next day, I found floating therein divers earthy particles,…
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