"We must meet our duty and convince the……" — Thomas Jefferson

"We must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies."

— Thomas Jefferson

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1,437 Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson has 1,437 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Religious leaders will always avail themselves of public ignorance for their own purpose.
Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your…
[Emigrants] will bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or, if able…
The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted…
It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral…
The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also.
If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.
We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people whatever.
I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better…
The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.
It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature,…
Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness.

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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate… — Aristotle
We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action. — Aristotle
To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death,… — Aristotle
I'm not funny. What I am is brave. — Lucille Ball
You can plan to be brave - it's even better if you just try to be brave. — Clive Barker
It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. — Georges Bernanos
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. — Aesop
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave. — Christian Nestell Bovee
We are not afraid of nuclear weapons. The point is that if we had in fact wanted to build a… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
There's something brave and touching about game girls of all ages keeping themselves smart in hard times - one thinks… — Julie Burchill
Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been. — Alan Alda
No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected. — Julius Caesar

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