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Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!"

How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be."

Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate."

We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.



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

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




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "...We are all Federalists, and we are all Republicans."

...We are all Federalists, and we are all Republicans.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The dead should not rule the living."

The dead should not rule the living.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The care of human life and happiness, and their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of a good government."

The care of human life and happiness, and their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of a good government.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "[Based upon the message of "nothing new under the sun" in Ecclesiastes, ] If nothing ever changes, then God has no plan."

[Based upon the message of "nothing new under the sun" in Ecclesiastes, ] If nothing ever changes, then God has no plan.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "History is philosophy teaching by examples."

History is philosophy teaching by examples.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is a wise man who said there is no inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.Fillossofee: Messages From a Grandfather, an ebook"

It is a wise man who said there is no inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.Fillossofee: Messages From a Grandfather, an ebook



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.-Thomas Jefferson"

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.-Thomas Jefferson



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I haven't failed. I've just found 10, 000 ways that don't work."

I haven't failed. I've just found 10, 000 ways that don't work.




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

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



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 Vir"

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 Vir



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "No people who are ignorant can be truly free."

No people who are ignorant can be truly free.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone. (to Horatio Gates, 1798)"

That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone. (to Horatio Gates, 1798)



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution."

In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitudefrom achieving his goal.Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong attitude."

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitudefrom achieving his goal.Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong attitude.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance"

In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to."

The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrant. It is its natural manure."

The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrant. It is its natural manure.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine."

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power – until he bore executive responsibility."

Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power – until he bore executive responsibility.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "All are dead, and ourselves left alone amidst a new generation whom we know not, and who know us not."

All are dead, and ourselves left alone amidst a new generation whom we know not, and who know us not.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met."

I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it"

I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Everything yields to diligence"

Everything yields to diligence



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it."

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "When describing the University of Virginia: Here, We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it."

When describing the University of Virginia: Here, We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty."

When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Enlighten the people, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day."

Enlighten the people, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Advertisements contain the only truth to be relied on in a newspaper."

Advertisements contain the only truth to be relied on in a newspaper.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies."

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.



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: "I succeed him no one could replace him."

I succeed him no one could replace him.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free no one ever will."

No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free no one ever will.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I am mortified to be told that in the United States of America the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry and of criminal inquiry too."

I am mortified to be told that in the United States of America the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry and of criminal inquiry too.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "In questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in man but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution."

In questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in man but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.



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

Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I am for freedom of religion and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendancy of one sect over another."

I am for freedom of religion and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendancy of one sect over another.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "That government is best which governs the least because its people discipline themselves."

That government is best which governs the least because its people discipline themselves.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious."

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government and to protect its free expression should be our first object."

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government and to protect its free expression should be our first object.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us but is always the result of a good conscience good health occupation and freedom in all just pursuits."

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us but is always the result of a good conscience good health occupation and freedom in all just pursuits.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Happiness is not being pained in body nor troubled in mind."

Happiness is not being pained in body nor troubled in mind.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is neither wealth nor splendor but tranquility and occupation which give happiness."

It is neither wealth nor splendor but tranquility and occupation which give happiness.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I steer my bark with hope in my heart leaving fear astern."

I steer my bark with hope in my heart leaving fear astern.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Of all calamities this is the greatest."

Of all calamities this is the greatest.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The sword of the law should never fall but on those whose guilt is so apparent as to be pronounced by their friends as well as foes."

The sword of the law should never fall but on those whose guilt is so apparent as to be pronounced by their friends as well as foes.