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Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Though [the people] may acquiesce, they cannot approve what they do not understand."

Though [the people] may acquiesce, they cannot approve what they do not understand.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "If the Wise be the happy man... he must be virtuous too; for, without virtue, happiness cannot be. This then is the true scope of all academical emulation."

If the Wise be the happy man... he must be virtuous too; for, without virtue, happiness cannot be. This then is the true scope of all academical emulation.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Certain teachings in the Bible are as diamonds in a dung-heap."

Certain teachings in the Bible are as diamonds in a dung-heap.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Traveling makes men wiser, but less happy."

Traveling makes men wiser, but less happy.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "An individual, thinking himself injured, makes more noise than a State."

An individual, thinking himself injured, makes more noise than a State.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "When habit has strengthened our sense of duties, they leave us no time for other things; but when young we neglect them and this gives us time for anything."

When habit has strengthened our sense of duties, they leave us no time for other things; but when young we neglect them and this gives us time for anything.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The order of nature [is] that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue."

The order of nature [is] that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I do not know whether you are fond of chemical reading. There are some things in this science worth reading."

I do not know whether you are fond of chemical reading. There are some things in this science worth reading.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Freedom, the first-born of science."

Freedom, the first-born of science.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the fact, that man may be governed by reason and truth."

No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the fact, that man may be governed by reason and truth.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "What is it men cannot be made to believe!"

What is it men cannot be made to believe!



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "With the same honest views, the most honest men often form different conclusions."

With the same honest views, the most honest men often form different conclusions.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Nothing but good can result from an exchange of information and opinions between those whose circumstances and morals admit no doubt of the integrity of their views."

Nothing but good can result from an exchange of information and opinions between those whose circumstances and morals admit no doubt of the integrity of their views.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I served with General Washington in die Legislature of Virginia...and...with Doctor Franklin in Congress. I never heard neither of them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but the main point."

I served with General Washington in die Legislature of Virginia...and...with Doctor Franklin in Congress. I never heard neither of them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but the main point.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The possession of facts is knowledge; the use of them is wisdom."

The possession of facts is knowledge; the use of them is wisdom.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "When the heart is right, the feet are swift."

When the heart is right, the feet are swift.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We must be contented to amuse, when we cannot inform."

We must be contented to amuse, when we cannot inform.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "No man will labor for himself who can make another labor for him."

No man will labor for himself who can make another labor for him.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I have nothing but contempt for anyone who can spell a word in only one way."

I have nothing but contempt for anyone who can spell a word in only one way.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We need a revolution every 20 years just to keep government honest."

We need a revolution every 20 years just to keep government honest.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The general (federal) government will tend to monarchy, which will fortify itself from day to day, instead of working its own cures."

The general (federal) government will tend to monarchy, which will fortify itself from day to day, instead of working its own cures.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Never was so much false arithmetic employed on any subject, as that which has been employed to persuade nations that it is in their interest to go to war."

Never was so much false arithmetic employed on any subject, as that which has been employed to persuade nations that it is in their interest to go to war.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Whose foot is to be the measure to which ours are all to be cut or stretched?"

Whose foot is to be the measure to which ours are all to be cut or stretched?



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Many of the opposition [to the new Federal Constitution] wish to take from Congress the power of internal taxation. Calculation has convinced me that this would be very mischievous."

Many of the opposition [to the new Federal Constitution] wish to take from Congress the power of internal taxation. Calculation has convinced me that this would be very mischievous.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The bulk of mankind are schoolboys through life."

The bulk of mankind are schoolboys through life.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The persons and property of our citizens are entitled to the protection of our government in all places where they may lawfully go."

The persons and property of our citizens are entitled to the protection of our government in all places where they may lawfully go.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I extremely believe in luck, and I discovered more hard work, your luck as much"

I extremely believe in luck, and I discovered more hard work, your luck as much



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "If science produces no better fruits than tyranny... I would rather wish our country to be ignorant, honest and estimable as our neighbouring savages are."

If science produces no better fruits than tyranny... I would rather wish our country to be ignorant, honest and estimable as our neighbouring savages are.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The power of making war often prevents it."

The power of making war often prevents it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Our ancestors ... possessed a right, which nature has given to all men, of departing from the country in which chance, not choice has placed them."

Our ancestors ... possessed a right, which nature has given to all men, of departing from the country in which chance, not choice has placed them.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I pledge undying hostility to any government restrictions on the free minds of the people."

I pledge undying hostility to any government restrictions on the free minds of the people.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Those who would trade safety for freedom deserve neither."

Those who would trade safety for freedom deserve neither.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The information of the people at large can alone make them the safe as they are the sole depositary of our political and religious freedom."

The information of the people at large can alone make them the safe as they are the sole depositary of our political and religious freedom.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I feel... an ardent desire to see knowledge so disseminated through the mass of mankind that it may, at length, reach even the extremes of society: beggars and kings."

I feel... an ardent desire to see knowledge so disseminated through the mass of mankind that it may, at length, reach even the extremes of society: beggars and kings.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The reward of esteem, respect and gratitude [is] due to those who devote their time and efforts to render the youths of every successive age fit governors for the next."

The reward of esteem, respect and gratitude [is] due to those who devote their time and efforts to render the youths of every successive age fit governors for the next.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Nothing is so engaging as the little domestic cares into which you appear to be entering, and as to reading it is useful for onlyfilling up the chinks of more useful and healthy occupations."

Nothing is so engaging as the little domestic cares into which you appear to be entering, and as to reading it is useful for onlyfilling up the chinks of more useful and healthy occupations.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "No stile of writing is so delightful as that which is all pith, which never omits a necessary word, nor uses an unnecessary one."

No stile of writing is so delightful as that which is all pith, which never omits a necessary word, nor uses an unnecessary one.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I would observe to you that what is called style in writing or speaking is formed very early in life while the imagination is warm, and impressions are permanent."

I would observe to you that what is called style in writing or speaking is formed very early in life while the imagination is warm, and impressions are permanent.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I am never tempted to pray but when a warm feeling for my friends comes athwart my heart."

I am never tempted to pray but when a warm feeling for my friends comes athwart my heart.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "There are other places at which ... the laws have said there shall be towns; but Nature has said there shall not, and they remain unworthy of enumeration."

There are other places at which ... the laws have said there shall be towns; but Nature has said there shall not, and they remain unworthy of enumeration.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Our ancestors ... were laborers, not lawyers."

Our ancestors ... were laborers, not lawyers.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The clergy believe that any power confided in me will be exerted in opposition to their schemes, and they believe rightly."

The clergy believe that any power confided in me will be exerted in opposition to their schemes, and they believe rightly.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "This is perhaps the most important statement on religion ever made. It clarified the intent of the founders of the constitution irrespective of the attempts of modern day religious revisionists."

This is perhaps the most important statement on religion ever made. It clarified the intent of the founders of the constitution irrespective of the attempts of modern day religious revisionists.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Men possessing minds of the first order and who have had opportunities of being known and of acquiring the general confidence do not abound in any country beyond the wants of the country."

Men possessing minds of the first order and who have had opportunities of being known and of acquiring the general confidence do not abound in any country beyond the wants of the country.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Men of high learning and abilities are few in every country; and by taking in those who are not so, the able part of the body have their hands tied by the unable."

Men of high learning and abilities are few in every country; and by taking in those who are not so, the able part of the body have their hands tied by the unable.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Old heads as well as young may sometimes be charged with ignorance and presumption. The natural course of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism."

Old heads as well as young may sometimes be charged with ignorance and presumption. The natural course of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I rejoice when I hear of young men of virtue and talents, worthy to receive and likely to preserve the splendid inheritance of self- government, which we have acquired and shaped for them."

I rejoice when I hear of young men of virtue and talents, worthy to receive and likely to preserve the splendid inheritance of self- government, which we have acquired and shaped for them.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I leave the world and its affairs to the young and energetic, and resign myself to their care, of whom I have endeavored to take care when young."

I leave the world and its affairs to the young and energetic, and resign myself to their care, of whom I have endeavored to take care when young.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "They are exactly the persons who are to succeed to the government of our country and to rule its future enmities, its friendships and fortunes."

They are exactly the persons who are to succeed to the government of our country and to rule its future enmities, its friendships and fortunes.