"We wish the happiness and prosperity of every…" — Thomas Jefferson
"We wish the happiness and prosperity of every nation."
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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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More Every Nation Quotes
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Every person, every race, every nation, has its own particular keynote which it brings to the general chord of life…
— Annie Besant
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The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it…
— Benazir Bhutto
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Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with…
— George W. Bush
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Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.
— George W. Bush
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Every nation has to either be with us, or against us. Those who harbor terrorists, or who finance them, are…
— Hillary Clinton
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Let us remember the large numbers of citizens who, day in and day out, through acts of volunteerism large and…
— Kofi Annan
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I travel Europe every couple of weeks. I just came back from London, Holland and Denmark. Every nation on this…
— Montel Williams
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He that would travel for the entertainment of others, should remember that the great object of remark is human life.…
— Samuel Johnson
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Government ought to be as much open to improvement as anything which appertains to man, instead of which it has…
— Thomas Paine
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Every nation has its prestigious military academies - or so few of them - that reach not only the virtues…
— Elie Wiesel
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When it comes to the common rights and needs of men and women, there is no clash of civilizations. The…
— George W. Bush
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I do not believe war the most certain means of enforcing principles. Those peaceable coercions which are in the power…
— Thomas Jefferson
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