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A free people [claim] their ri...

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

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

An elective despotism was not ...

An elective despotism was not the government we fought for.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

The Bible is the cornerstone o...

The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

But under the beaming, constan...

But under the beaming, constant and almost vertical sun of Virginia, shade is our Elysium. In the absence of this no beauty of the eye can be enjoyed.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

The moral sense, or conscience...

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much part of a man as his leg or arm. It is given to all in a stronger or weaker degree.. It may be strengthened by exercise.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

I find friendship to be like w...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

The happiest moments my heart ...

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its affections to a few esteemed characters.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Above all things I hope the ed...

Above all things I hope the education of the common people will be attended to; convinced that on their good sense we may rely with most security for the preservation of a due degree of liberty.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

A lively and lasting sense of ...

A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading King Lear, than by all the dry volumes of ethics, and divinity that ever were written.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

No nation is drunken where win...

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Beer, if drank with moderation...

Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

The selfish spirit of commerce...

The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

A departure from principle in ...

A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for a second; that second for a third; and so on, till the bulk of the society is reduced to be mere automatons of misery, to have no sensibilities left but for sin and suffering.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

To every obstacle oppose patie...

To every obstacle oppose patience, perseverance and soothing language.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

By a declaration of rights, I ...

By a declaration of rights, I mean one which shall stipulate freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of commerce against monopolies, trial by juries in all cases, no suspensions of the habeas corpus, no standing armies. These are fetters against doing evil which no honest government should decline.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Political interest [can] never...

Political interest [can] never be separated in the long run from moral right.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

The reason that Christianity i...

The reason that Christianity is the best friend of government is because Christianity is the only religion that changes the heart.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

To preserve the freedom of the...

To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom; for as long as we may think as we will, and speak as we think, the condition of man will proceed in improvement

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Under the law of nature, all m...

Under the law of nature, all men are born free, every one comes into the world with a right to his own person, which includes the liberty of moving and using it at his own will. This is what is called personal liberty, and is given him by the Author

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Whenever you are to do a thing...

Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act if all the world were looking at you, and act accordingly.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

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