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Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Government can do something for the people only in proportion as it can do something to the people."

Government can do something for the people only in proportion as it can do something to the people.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction."

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics."

Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "This I hope will be the age of experiments in government, and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty, not of mere force."

This I hope will be the age of experiments in government, and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty, not of mere force.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain."

The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army"

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Whiskey claims to itself alone the exclusive office of sot-making."

Whiskey claims to itself alone the exclusive office of sot-making.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first."

I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We could in the United States make as great a variety of wines as are made in Europe, not exactly of the same kinds, but doubtless as good."

We could in the United States make as great a variety of wines as are made in Europe, not exactly of the same kinds, but doubtless as good.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Let the farmer forevermore be honored in his calling; for they who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God."

Let the farmer forevermore be honored in his calling; for they who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The constitution of the United States is the result of the collected wisdom of our country."

The constitution of the United States is the result of the collected wisdom of our country.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Gaming corrupts our disposition and teaches us a habit of hostility against all mankind."

Gaming corrupts our disposition and teaches us a habit of hostility against all mankind.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The best hemp and the best tobacco grow on the same kind of soil. The former article is of the first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country. The latter, never useful."

The best hemp and the best tobacco grow on the same kind of soil. The former article is of the first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country. The latter, never useful.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people whatever."

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people whatever.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The advocate of religious freedom is to expect neither peace nor forgiveness from [the clergy]."

The advocate of religious freedom is to expect neither peace nor forgiveness from [the clergy].



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "No religious reading, instruction or exercise, shall be prescribed or practiced [in the elementary schools] inconsistent with the tenets of any religious sect or denomination."

No religious reading, instruction or exercise, shall be prescribed or practiced [in the elementary schools] inconsistent with the tenets of any religious sect or denomination.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor."

Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Establish the eternal truth that acquiescence under insult is not the way to escape war."

Establish the eternal truth that acquiescence under insult is not the way to escape war.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies."

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



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Every honest man will suppose honest acts to flow from honest principles, and the rogues may rail without intermission."

Every honest man will suppose honest acts to flow from honest principles, and the rogues may rail without intermission.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Laws provide against injury from others; but not from ourselves."

Laws provide against injury from others; but not from ourselves.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour."

We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The moral sense, or conscience, is as much part of a man as his leg or arm. It is given to all in a stronger or weaker degree.. It may be strengthened by exercise."

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much part of a man as his leg or arm. It is given to all in a stronger or weaker degree.. It may be strengthened by exercise.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The lamp of war is kindled here, not to be extinguished but by torrents of blood."

The lamp of war is kindled here, not to be extinguished but by torrents of blood.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance."

He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "When two parties make a compact, there results to each a power of compelling the other to execute it."

When two parties make a compact, there results to each a power of compelling the other to execute it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I, place economy among the first & most important republican virtues, & public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared"

I, place economy among the first & most important republican virtues, & public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "He who is permitted by law to have no property of his own, can with difficulty conceive that property is founded in anything but force."

He who is permitted by law to have no property of his own, can with difficulty conceive that property is founded in anything but force.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is while we are young that the habit of industry is formed. If not then, it never is afterwards. The fortune of our lives therefore depends on employing well the short period of our youth."

It is while we are young that the habit of industry is formed. If not then, it never is afterwards. The fortune of our lives therefore depends on employing well the short period of our youth.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We ought not to schismatize on either men or measures. Principles alone can justify that."

We ought not to schismatize on either men or measures. Principles alone can justify that.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain combinations of the head. Nature laid their foundation, therefore, in sentiment, not in science."

Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain combinations of the head. Nature laid their foundation, therefore, in sentiment, not in science.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Private fortunes, in the present state of our circulation, are at the mercy of those self-created money lenders, and are prostrated by the floods of nominal money with which their avarice deluges us."

Private fortunes, in the present state of our circulation, are at the mercy of those self-created money lenders, and are prostrated by the floods of nominal money with which their avarice deluges us.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our forefathers, as Israel of old."

I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our forefathers, as Israel of old.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by rendering them my supreme delight."

Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by rendering them my supreme delight.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "That government that governs least governs best."

That government that governs least governs best.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "[The people] are in truth the only legitimate proprietors of the soil and government."

[The people] are in truth the only legitimate proprietors of the soil and government.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed sometimes fail, but not oftener than the forebodings of the gloomy."

I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed sometimes fail, but not oftener than the forebodings of the gloomy.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public debt."

It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public debt.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The evils of war are great in their endurance, and have a long reckoning for ages to come."

The evils of war are great in their endurance, and have a long reckoning for ages to come.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows something of what has been passing, when in truth he knows nothing but what has passed under his own eyes."

Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows something of what has been passing, when in truth he knows nothing but what has passed under his own eyes.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also."

The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It may be regarded as certain that not a foot of land will ever be taken from the Indians without their own consent."

It may be regarded as certain that not a foot of land will ever be taken from the Indians without their own consent.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Your own reason is the only oracle given to you by God."

Your own reason is the only oracle given to you by God.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The elective franchise, if guarded as the ark of our safety, will peaceably dissipate all combinations to subvert a Constitution, dictated by the wisdom, and resting on the will of the people."

The elective franchise, if guarded as the ark of our safety, will peaceably dissipate all combinations to subvert a Constitution, dictated by the wisdom, and resting on the will of the people.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as that of feeling, seeing, or hearing."

The moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as that of feeling, seeing, or hearing.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities."

Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man."

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Creeds have been the bane of the Christian church ... made of Christendom a slaughter-house."

Creeds have been the bane of the Christian church ... made of Christendom a slaughter-house.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "If the measures which have been pursued are approved by the majority, it is the duty of the minority to acquiesce and conform."

If the measures which have been pursued are approved by the majority, it is the duty of the minority to acquiesce and conform.