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Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Is uniformity of opinion desirable? No more than that of face and stature."

Is uniformity of opinion desirable? No more than that of face and stature.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Unmerited abuse wounds, while unmerited praise has not the power to heal."

Unmerited abuse wounds, while unmerited praise has not the power to heal.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Were I to commence my administration again, the first question I would ask respecting a candidate would be, Does he use ardent spirits?"

Were I to commence my administration again, the first question I would ask respecting a candidate would be, Does he use ardent spirits?



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It will take a thousand years for the frontier to reach the Pacific"

It will take a thousand years for the frontier to reach the Pacific




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A cold-blooded, calculation, unprincipled, usurper, without a virtue, no statesman, knowing nothing of commerce, political economy, or civil government, and supplying ignorance by bold presumption."

A cold-blooded, calculation, unprincipled, usurper, without a virtue, no statesman, knowing nothing of commerce, political economy, or civil government, and supplying ignorance by bold presumption.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I hope the terms of Excellency, Honor, Worship, Esquire, forever disappear from among us... I wish that of Mr. would follow them."

I hope the terms of Excellency, Honor, Worship, Esquire, forever disappear from among us... I wish that of Mr. would follow them.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Heliotrope. To be sowed in the spring. A delicious flower, but I suspect it must be planted in boxes and kept in the house in the winter. The smell rewards the care."

Heliotrope. To be sowed in the spring. A delicious flower, but I suspect it must be planted in boxes and kept in the house in the winter. The smell rewards the care.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The only foundation for useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion."

The only foundation for useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The children of Israel in the wilderness, led by a cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night."

The children of Israel in the wilderness, led by a cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "If anything pass in a religious meeting seditiously and contrary to the public peace, let it be punished in the same manner and no otherwise than as if it had happened in a fair or market."

If anything pass in a religious meeting seditiously and contrary to the public peace, let it be punished in the same manner and no otherwise than as if it had happened in a fair or market.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Public offices were not made for private convenience."

Public offices were not made for private convenience.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Those who wish to be ignorant and free, believe in something that never was and never shall be."

Those who wish to be ignorant and free, believe in something that never was and never shall be.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Don't spend your money till you have it."

Don't spend your money till you have it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The bloom of Monticello is chilled by my solitude."

The bloom of Monticello is chilled by my solitude.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I enclose to you a copy of the declaration of independence as agreed to by the House, and also, as originally framed. You will judge whether it is the better or worse for the Critics."

I enclose to you a copy of the declaration of independence as agreed to by the House, and also, as originally framed. You will judge whether it is the better or worse for the Critics.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "In Europe the object is to make the most of their land, labour being abundant: here it is to make the most of our labour, land being abundant."

In Europe the object is to make the most of their land, labour being abundant: here it is to make the most of our labour, land being abundant.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I could say much about politics, our only entertainment here, but you would not care a fig about that."

I could say much about politics, our only entertainment here, but you would not care a fig about that.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We do not mean to count or weigh our contributions by any standard other than that of our abilities."

We do not mean to count or weigh our contributions by any standard other than that of our abilities.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "As you are entered with the class of Nat. philosophy, give to it the hours of lecture, but devote all your other time to Mathematics, avoiding company as the bane of all progress."

As you are entered with the class of Nat. philosophy, give to it the hours of lecture, but devote all your other time to Mathematics, avoiding company as the bane of all progress.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Government is being founded on opinion, the opinion of the public, even when it is wrong, ought to be respected to a certain degree."

Government is being founded on opinion, the opinion of the public, even when it is wrong, ought to be respected to a certain degree.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We must endeavor to forget our former love for them [the British] and to hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends."

We must endeavor to forget our former love for them [the British] and to hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The difficulty is no longer to find candidates for the offices, but offices for the candidates."

The difficulty is no longer to find candidates for the offices, but offices for the candidates.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Be assured that it gives much more pain to the mind to be in debt, than to do without any article whatever which we may seem to want."

Be assured that it gives much more pain to the mind to be in debt, than to do without any article whatever which we may seem to want.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "[T]he people seem to have deposited the monarchical and taken up the republican government with as much ease as would have attended their throwing off an old and putting on a new suit of clothes."

[T]he people seem to have deposited the monarchical and taken up the republican government with as much ease as would have attended their throwing off an old and putting on a new suit of clothes.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Every constitution..., and every law, naturally expires at the end of 19 years [a generation]. If it be enforced longer, it is anact of force, and not of right."

Every constitution..., and every law, naturally expires at the end of 19 years [a generation]. If it be enforced longer, it is anact of force, and not of right.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I set out on this ground, which I suppose to be self evident, "that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living": that the dead have neither powers nor rights over it."

I set out on this ground, which I suppose to be self evident, "that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living": that the dead have neither powers nor rights over it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I have overlived the generation with which mutual labors & perils begat mutual confidence and influence."

I have overlived the generation with which mutual labors & perils begat mutual confidence and influence.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Civil government being the sole object of forming societies, its administration must be conducted by common consent."

Civil government being the sole object of forming societies, its administration must be conducted by common consent.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I am savage enough to prefer the woods, the wilds, and the independence of Monticello, to all the brilliant pleasures of this gaycapital [Paris]."

I am savage enough to prefer the woods, the wilds, and the independence of Monticello, to all the brilliant pleasures of this gaycapital [Paris].



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Above all I hope that the education of the common people will be attended to so they won't forget the basic principles of freedom."

Above all I hope that the education of the common people will be attended to so they won't forget the basic principles of freedom.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I deny the power of the general government to making paper money, or anything else a legal tender."

I deny the power of the general government to making paper money, or anything else a legal tender.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "So much of the presidency is a matter of standing in the path of a Newsham Engine for Quenching Fires, opening one's mouth, and attempting to get a drink."

So much of the presidency is a matter of standing in the path of a Newsham Engine for Quenching Fires, opening one's mouth, and attempting to get a drink.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I thank heaven that the 4th. of July is over. It is always a day of great fatigue to me, and of some embarrassments from improper intrusions and some from unintended exclusions."

I thank heaven that the 4th. of July is over. It is always a day of great fatigue to me, and of some embarrassments from improper intrusions and some from unintended exclusions.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Laws ... proportionate and mild should never be dispensed with. Let mercy be the character of the law-giver, but let the judge be a mere machine."

Laws ... proportionate and mild should never be dispensed with. Let mercy be the character of the law-giver, but let the judge be a mere machine.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I believe from what I have lately seen that we should be substantially safe were our Citizens Armed, but we have not as many Arms as we have Enemies in the State."

I believe from what I have lately seen that we should be substantially safe were our Citizens Armed, but we have not as many Arms as we have Enemies in the State.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I have now the gloomy prospect of retiring from office loaded with serious debts, which will materially affect the tranquility of my retirement."

I have now the gloomy prospect of retiring from office loaded with serious debts, which will materially affect the tranquility of my retirement.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Knowing that religion does not furnish grosser bigots than law, I expect little from old judges."

Knowing that religion does not furnish grosser bigots than law, I expect little from old judges.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Man ... feels that he is a participator in the government of affairs not merely at an election, one day in the year, but every day."

Man ... feels that he is a participator in the government of affairs not merely at an election, one day in the year, but every day.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power."

Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Never throw off the best affections of nature in the moment when they become most precious to their object; nor fear to extend you hand to save another, lest you should sink yourself."

Never throw off the best affections of nature in the moment when they become most precious to their object; nor fear to extend you hand to save another, lest you should sink yourself.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "No man has greater confidence than I have in the spirit of the people, to a rational extent. Whatever they can, they will."

No man has greater confidence than I have in the spirit of the people, to a rational extent. Whatever they can, they will.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Our minds were circumscribed within narrow limits by an habitual belief that it was our duty to be subordinate to the mother country."

Our minds were circumscribed within narrow limits by an habitual belief that it was our duty to be subordinate to the mother country.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The greatest honor of a man is in doing good to his fellow men, not in destroying them."

The greatest honor of a man is in doing good to his fellow men, not in destroying them.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We see the wisdom of Solon's remark, that no more good must be attempted than the nation can bear."

We see the wisdom of Solon's remark, that no more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "In the environment, every victory is temporary, every defeat permanent."

In the environment, every victory is temporary, every defeat permanent.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The only thing a man can take beyond this lifetime is his ethics."

The only thing a man can take beyond this lifetime is his ethics.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I do not like [in the new Federal Constitution] the omission of a Bill of Rights providing clearly and without the aid of sophisms for... protection against standing armies"

I do not like [in the new Federal Constitution] the omission of a Bill of Rights providing clearly and without the aid of sophisms for... protection against standing armies



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The wisdom of our ages and the blood of our heroes has been devoted to the attainment of trial by jury. It should be the creed of our political faith."

The wisdom of our ages and the blood of our heroes has been devoted to the attainment of trial by jury. It should be the creed of our political faith.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Taxation is, in fact, the most difficult function of government and that against which their citizens are most apt to be refractory."

Taxation is, in fact, the most difficult function of government and that against which their citizens are most apt to be refractory.