"Truth is certainly a branch of morality and……" — Thomas Jefferson
"Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society."
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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 president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy.…
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The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.
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You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you…
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When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the…
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let…
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The science of design, or of line-drawing, if you like to use this term, is the source and very essence…
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For some years now I have read through the Bible twice every year. If you picture the Bible to be…
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I hope the necessity will at length be seen of establishing institutions, here as in Europe, where every branch of…
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In less than eight years "The Origin of Species" has produced conviction in the minds of a majority of the…
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No law can give Congress a backbone if it refuses to stand off as the coequal branch the Constitution made…
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The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested…
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