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Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Educate and inform the whole mass of the people."

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "May it be to the world... to assume the blessings and security of self-government."

May it be to the world... to assume the blessings and security of self-government.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Dependence begets subservience and paves the way for tyranny."

Dependence begets subservience and paves the way for tyranny.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "no one more sincerely wishes the spread of information among mankind than I do, and none has greater confidence in it's effect towards supporting free & good government."

no one more sincerely wishes the spread of information among mankind than I do, and none has greater confidence in it's effect towards supporting free & good government.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Victory and defeat are each of the same price."

Victory and defeat are each of the same price.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I wish to see this beverage become common instead of the whiskey which kills sone-third of our citizens and ruins their families."

I wish to see this beverage become common instead of the whiskey which kills sone-third of our citizens and ruins their families.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The Christian religion is the best religion that has ever been given to man"

The Christian religion is the best religion that has ever been given to man




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "What justice would there be to take this life? Justice, gentlemen? Why, I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this."

What justice would there be to take this life? Justice, gentlemen? Why, I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The provisions we have made [for our government] are such as please ourselves; they answer the substantial purposes of government and of justice, and other purposes than these should not be answered."

The provisions we have made [for our government] are such as please ourselves; they answer the substantial purposes of government and of justice, and other purposes than these should not be answered.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Natural rights [are] the objects for the protection of which society is formed and municipal laws established."

Natural rights [are] the objects for the protection of which society is formed and municipal laws established.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The power of making war often prevents it, and in our case would give efficacy to our desire of peace."

The power of making war often prevents it, and in our case would give efficacy to our desire of peace.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Public employment contributes neither to advantage nor happiness. It is but honorable exile from one's family and affairs."

Public employment contributes neither to advantage nor happiness. It is but honorable exile from one's family and affairs.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The art of life is the art of avoiding pain; and he is the best pilot, who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with which it is beset."

The art of life is the art of avoiding pain; and he is the best pilot, who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with which it is beset.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Some other natural rights... [have] not yet entered into any declaration of rights."

Some other natural rights... [have] not yet entered into any declaration of rights.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties."

I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The idea is quite unfounded that on entering into society we give up any natural rights."

The idea is quite unfounded that on entering into society we give up any natural rights.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy of opportunity"

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy of opportunity



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness."

Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair play."

I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair play.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art ."

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art .



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "If a due participation of office is a matter of right, how are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few; by resignation, none."

If a due participation of office is a matter of right, how are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few; by resignation, none.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I deem no government safe which is under the vassalage of any self-constituted authorities, or any other authority than that of the nation, or its regular functionaries."

I deem no government safe which is under the vassalage of any self-constituted authorities, or any other authority than that of the nation, or its regular functionaries.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Take painsto write a neat round, plain hand, and you will find it a great convenience through life to write a small and compact hand as well as a fair and legible one."

Take painsto write a neat round, plain hand, and you will find it a great convenience through life to write a small and compact hand as well as a fair and legible one.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is a misnomer to call a government republican in which a branch of the supreme power is independent of the nation."

It is a misnomer to call a government republican in which a branch of the supreme power is independent of the nation.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The religion-builders have so distorted and deformed the doctrines of Jesus, so muffled them in mysticism, fancies, and falsehoods."

The religion-builders have so distorted and deformed the doctrines of Jesus, so muffled them in mysticism, fancies, and falsehoods.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead."

The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery."

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I... [am] convinced [man] has no natural right in opposition to his social duties."

I... [am] convinced [man] has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it."

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We should talk over the lessons of the day, or lose them in Music, Chess, or the merriments of our family companions."

We should talk over the lessons of the day, or lose them in Music, Chess, or the merriments of our family companions.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The issue for patents for new discovers has given a spring to invention beyond my conception."

The issue for patents for new discovers has given a spring to invention beyond my conception.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation is ever dangerous."

The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation is ever dangerous.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely approve of the greater house being chosen by the people directly."

I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely approve of the greater house being chosen by the people directly.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is better to have no ideas than false ones."

It is better to have no ideas than false ones.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another."

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The dominion which the banking institutions have obtained over the minds of our citizens...must be broken, or it will break us."

The dominion which the banking institutions have obtained over the minds of our citizens...must be broken, or it will break us.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A pirate spreading misery and ruin over the face of the ocean"

A pirate spreading misery and ruin over the face of the ocean



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others."

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Rogueries, absurdities and untruths were perpetrated upon the teachings of Jesus by a large band of dupes and importers led by Paul, the first great corrupter of the teaching of Jesus."

Rogueries, absurdities and untruths were perpetrated upon the teachings of Jesus by a large band of dupes and importers led by Paul, the first great corrupter of the teaching of Jesus.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A Nation's best defense is an educated citizenry"

A Nation's best defense is an educated citizenry



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia."

Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly."

Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, in-as-much as he who knows nothing is nearer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehood and errors."

The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, in-as-much as he who knows nothing is nearer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehood and errors.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "My passion strengthens daily to quit political turmoil, and retire into the bosom of my family, the only scene of sincere and purehappiness."

My passion strengthens daily to quit political turmoil, and retire into the bosom of my family, the only scene of sincere and purehappiness.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "An occasional insurrection will not weigh against the inconveniences of a government of force, such as are monarchies and aristocracies."

An occasional insurrection will not weigh against the inconveniences of a government of force, such as are monarchies and aristocracies.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I hope that we have not labored in vain, and that our experiment will still prove that men can be governed by reason."

I hope that we have not labored in vain, and that our experiment will still prove that men can be governed by reason.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "[O]ur rules can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them. The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God."

[O]ur rules can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them. The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Debt and revolution are inseparable as cause and effect."

Debt and revolution are inseparable as cause and effect.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The time to guard against corruption and tyranny is before they shall have gotten hold of us."

The time to guard against corruption and tyranny is before they shall have gotten hold of us.