Tag: Thomas Jefferson
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My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.
Thomas Jefferson
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Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.
Thomas Jefferson
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It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
Thomas Jefferson
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Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
Thomas Jefferson
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We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.
Thomas Jefferson
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The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.
Thomas Jefferson
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Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.
Thomas Jefferson
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An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.
Thomas Jefferson
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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Thomas Jefferson
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I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
Thomas Jefferson