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Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being"

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Bank-paper must be suppressed, and the circulating medium must be restored to the nation to whom it belongs."

Bank-paper must be suppressed, and the circulating medium must be restored to the nation to whom it belongs.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Scenes are now to take place as will open the eyes of credulity and of insanity itself, to the dangers of a paper medium abandoned to the discretion of avarice and of swindlers."

Scenes are now to take place as will open the eyes of credulity and of insanity itself, to the dangers of a paper medium abandoned to the discretion of avarice and of swindlers.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe."

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one."

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The rational and peaceable instrument of reform, the suffrage of the people."

The rational and peaceable instrument of reform, the suffrage of the people.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The further the departure from direct and constant control by the citizens, the less has the government of the ingredient of republicanism."

The further the departure from direct and constant control by the citizens, the less has the government of the ingredient of republicanism.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far."

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive."

There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "People generally have more feeling for canals and roads than education. However, I hope we can advance them with equal pace."

People generally have more feeling for canals and roads than education. However, I hope we can advance them with equal pace.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Nothing but free argument, raillery and even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion."

Nothing but free argument, raillery and even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Never trouble another for what you can do yourself"

Never trouble another for what you can do yourself




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity."

A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "If any state in the Union will declare that it prefers separation... to a continuance in union... I have no hesitation in saying, 'let us separate."

If any state in the Union will declare that it prefers separation... to a continuance in union... I have no hesitation in saying, 'let us separate.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Most men die at age 25, but aren't buried until 70."

Most men die at age 25, but aren't buried until 70.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which bind each of them separately."

It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which bind each of them separately.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable."

A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "He, who steadily observes those moral precepts in which all religions concur, will never be questioned at the gates of heaven as to the dogmas in which they all differ."

He, who steadily observes those moral precepts in which all religions concur, will never be questioned at the gates of heaven as to the dogmas in which they all differ.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now."

Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man."

I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all."

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Every man has two countries: his own and France."

Every man has two countries: his own and France.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Action will delineate and define you."

Action will delineate and define you.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The doctrines of Jesus are simple, and tend to all the happiness of man."

The doctrines of Jesus are simple, and tend to all the happiness of man.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Nothing can now be believed that is seen in a newspaper."

Nothing can now be believed that is seen in a newspaper.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate."

A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise."

Not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things to rights."

Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things to rights.



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

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



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me."

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I know of no safe depository of the ultimate power of the society but the people themselves."

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate power of the society but the people themselves.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I look to the diffusion of light and education as the resource most to be relied on for ameliorating the condition, promoting the virtue and advancing the happiness of man."

I look to the diffusion of light and education as the resource most to be relied on for ameliorating the condition, promoting the virtue and advancing the happiness of man.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "If I had to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter"

If I had to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The most uninformed mind with a healthy body is happier than the wisest valetudinarian."

The most uninformed mind with a healthy body is happier than the wisest valetudinarian.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "No nation is drunken where wine is cheap, and none sober where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage"

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap, and none sober where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The art of life is the art of avoiding pain."

The art of life is the art of avoiding pain.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Without virtue, happiness cannot be."

Without virtue, happiness cannot be.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it."

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off."

If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Shake hands with Pain, give greeting unto Grief, Those angels in disguise, and thy glad soul From height to height, from star to shining star, Shall climb and claim blest immortality."

Shake hands with Pain, give greeting unto Grief, Those angels in disguise, and thy glad soul From height to height, from star to shining star, Shall climb and claim blest immortality.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the moral sense and reason of man."

Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the moral sense and reason of man.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church."

We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education."

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I cannot live without books."

I cannot live without books.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape."

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting John Locke's argument."

Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting John Locke's argument.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice"

It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "One man with courage is a majority."

One man with courage is a majority.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation, even of that which has injured us most."

It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation, even of that which has injured us most.