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Letter "T" » 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 have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.»
«If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
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Author,
President)
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Keywords:
Assemblies,
congress,
exceptions,
general assembly,
General Public,
governors,
governors and,
inattentive,
Judges,
Public affairs,
wolves
«The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.»
«Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
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Author,
President)
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Keywords:
entrust,
entrusted,
entrusting,
entrusts,
forms,
forms of government,
good form,
in operation,
in time,
operations,
perverted,
perverting,
perverts,
slow,
tyrannies,
tyranny
«Be polite to all, but intimate with few.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
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Author,
President)
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About:
Relationships
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Keywords:
all but,
be intimate,
be polite,
intimate,
intimates,
intimate with,
intimating,
polite,
politer,
politest
«Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do»
«We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
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Author,
President)
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About:
Mankind
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Keywords:
Creator,
endowed,
endowing,
endows,
equal,
evident,
inalienable,
Inalienable rights,
liberty,
pursuit,
rights,
right to liberty,
right to the pursuit of happiness,
self evident,
The Pursuit of Happiness,
truths,
well endowed
«I am of a sect by myself, as far as I know»
«He who knows best knows how little he knows»