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Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "No knowledge can be more satisfactory to a man than that of his own frame, its parts, their functions and actions."

No knowledge can be more satisfactory to a man than that of his own frame, its parts, their functions and actions.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Force cannot give right."

Force cannot give right.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment of pain."

I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment of pain.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Peace is our passion."

Peace is our passion.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Sensibility of mind is indeed the parent of every virtue, but it is the parent of much misery, too."

Sensibility of mind is indeed the parent of every virtue, but it is the parent of much misery, too.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Agreeable society is the first essential in constituting the happiness and of course the value of our existence."

Agreeable society is the first essential in constituting the happiness and of course the value of our existence.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Without society, and a society to our taste, men are never contented."

Without society, and a society to our taste, men are never contented.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Everything is useful which contributes to fix the principles and practices of virtue."

Everything is useful which contributes to fix the principles and practices of virtue.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The best commentary on the principles of government which has ever been written."

The best commentary on the principles of government which has ever been written.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Blest is that nation whose silent course of happiness furnishes nothing for history to say."

Blest is that nation whose silent course of happiness furnishes nothing for history to say.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Big banks are more dangerous than standing armies, and the practice of borrowing and spending money to be paid back by the next generation is stealing from their future."

Big banks are more dangerous than standing armies, and the practice of borrowing and spending money to be paid back by the next generation is stealing from their future.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "No country and no people can be free and ignorant at the same time."

No country and no people can be free and ignorant at the same time.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Never use one word when two will do."

Never use one word when two will do.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "There is no King, who, with sufficient force, is not always ready to make himself absolute."

There is no King, who, with sufficient force, is not always ready to make himself absolute.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "An hereditary aristocracy... will change the form of our governments from the best to the worst in the world."

An hereditary aristocracy... will change the form of our governments from the best to the worst in the world.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The States should be urged to concede to the General Government, with a saving of chartered rights, the exclusive power of establishing banks of discount for paper."

The States should be urged to concede to the General Government, with a saving of chartered rights, the exclusive power of establishing banks of discount for paper.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The same facts impress us differently."

The same facts impress us differently.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it."

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Our wish is that...[there be] maintained that state of property, equal or unequal, which results to every man from his own industry or that of his fathers."

Our wish is that...[there be] maintained that state of property, equal or unequal, which results to every man from his own industry or that of his fathers.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Private enterprise manages so much better all the concerns to which it is equal."

Private enterprise manages so much better all the concerns to which it is equal.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The merchants will manage [commerce] the better, the more they are left free to manage for themselves."

The merchants will manage [commerce] the better, the more they are left free to manage for themselves.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The art of printing secures us against the retrogradation of reason and information."

The art of printing secures us against the retrogradation of reason and information.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "To be really useful, we must keep pace with the state of society, and not dishearten it by attempts at what its population, means, or occupations will fail in attempting."

To be really useful, we must keep pace with the state of society, and not dishearten it by attempts at what its population, means, or occupations will fail in attempting.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "No one, I hope, can doubt my wish to see... all mankind exercising self-government, and capable of exercising it. But the question is not what we wish, but what is practicable."

No one, I hope, can doubt my wish to see... all mankind exercising self-government, and capable of exercising it. But the question is not what we wish, but what is practicable.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Doubts and jealousies often beget the facts they fear."

Doubts and jealousies often beget the facts they fear.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "For themselves they fought, for themselves they conquered, and for themselves alone they have they have right to hold."

For themselves they fought, for themselves they conquered, and for themselves alone they have they have right to hold.





Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing."

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "While the art of printing is left to us science can never be retrograde what is once acquired of real knowledge can never be lost."

While the art of printing is left to us science can never be retrograde what is once acquired of real knowledge can never be lost.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "History, in general, only informs us what bad government is."

History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect"

I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government."

The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground."

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."

I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty, than those attending too small a degree of it."

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty, than those attending too small a degree of it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.--The Fruit Hunters"

The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.--The Fruit Hunters



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Plato offers the amazing idea that contemplation of the way things really are is, in itself, a purifying process that can bring human beings into the only divinity there is."

Plato offers the amazing idea that contemplation of the way things really are is, in itself, a purifying process that can bring human beings into the only divinity there is.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world."

All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led."

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom."

Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow I may recover health by medicines I am compelled to take against my own judgment but I cannot be saved by a worship I disbelieve and abhor."

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow I may recover health by medicines I am compelled to take against my own judgment but I cannot be saved by a worship I disbelieve and abhor.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "They (religions) dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight and scowl on the fatal harbinger announcing the subversions of the duperies on which they live."

They (religions) dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight and scowl on the fatal harbinger announcing the subversions of the duperies on which they live.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A nation which expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, expects that which never was and never will be."

A nation which expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, expects that which never was and never will be.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Determine never to be idle. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing."

Determine never to be idle. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry..."

Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry...



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The more ignorant we become the less value we set on science, and the less inclination we shall have to seek it."

The more ignorant we become the less value we set on science, and the less inclination we shall have to seek it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations...entangling alliances with none"

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