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Thomas Jefferson

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

-Thomas Jefferson

age

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.

-Thomas Jefferson

alone

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

-Thomas Jefferson

alone

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

-Thomas Jefferson

alone

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

-Thomas Jefferson

anger

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

-Thomas Jefferson

attitude

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.

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beauty

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.

-Thomas Jefferson

best

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.

-Thomas Jefferson

best

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

-Thomas Jefferson

best

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

-Thomas Jefferson

best

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

change

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

-Thomas Jefferson

cool

One man with courage is a majority.

-Thomas Jefferson

courage

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

-Thomas Jefferson

dreams

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.

-Thomas Jefferson

education

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.

-Thomas Jefferson

experience

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.

-Thomas Jefferson

experience

When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-Thomas Jefferson

fear

Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.

-Thomas Jefferson

fear

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

-Thomas Jefferson

fear

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.

-Thomas Jefferson

fear

There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.

-Thomas Jefferson

fear

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.

-Thomas Jefferson

fear

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

-Thomas Jefferson

fitness

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

-Thomas Jefferson

fitness

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

-Thomas Jefferson

freedom

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.

-Thomas Jefferson

friendship

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

-Thomas Jefferson

friendship

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?

-Thomas Jefferson

friendship

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.

-Thomas Jefferson

friendship

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

-Thomas Jefferson

future

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just that his justice cannot sleep forever.

-Thomas Jefferson

god

Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.

-Thomas Jefferson

god

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

-Thomas Jefferson

god

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

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.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

One man with courage is a majority.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.

When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.

Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.

There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just that his justice cannot sleep forever.

Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

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