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Letter "T" » Thomas Jefferson Quotes
«We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it.»
«I must ever believe that religion substantially good which produces an honest life, and we have been authorized by One whom you and I equally respect, to judge of the tree by its fruit»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| Keywords:
authorize, authorized, authorizing, substantially
«That peace, safety, and concord may be the portion of our native land, and be long enjoyed by our fellow-citizens, is the most ardent wish of my heart, and if I can be instrumental in procuring or preserving them, I shall think I have not lived in va»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| Keywords:
ardent, Concord, instrumental, native land, preserving, procuring
«Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things to rights.»
«Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain combinations of the head. Nature laid their foundation, therefore, in sentiment, not in science.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| About:
Feelings,
Morality
| Keywords:
combinations, risked
«Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong»
«The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the whole body of people, and of a people too, dictate their own measures, produce calamities of long duration»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| About:
Relationships,
Violence
| Keywords:
allay, allayed, allaying, animosities, calamities, duration
«I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one.»
«The moral sense, or conscience, is as much a part of man as his leg or arm. It is given to all human beings in a stronger or weaker degree, as force of members is given them in a greater or lesser degree. It may be strengthened by exercise, as may an»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| About:
Conscience
| Keywords:
Armed force, armed forces, moral force, moral sense, strengthened, weaker
«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.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| About:
Chance,
Happiness
| Keywords:
Freedom of conscience, good health, pursuits
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