All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
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Friendship
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.
Thomas Jefferson
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
Thomas Jefferson
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It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
Thomas Jefferson
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Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
Thomas Jefferson
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It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.
Thomas Jefferson
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Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.
Thomas Jefferson
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One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.
Thomas Jefferson
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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
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That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.
Thomas Jefferson
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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
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Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.
Thomas Jefferson
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Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.
Thomas Jefferson
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