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Thomas Jefferson quotes

American President April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826

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Thomas Jefferson quote: "The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from..."
The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson
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
Thomas Jefferson quote: "I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "Without books, I would certainly die."
Without books, I would certainly die. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what..."
Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never..."
How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened. Thomas Jefferson
The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. Thomas Jefferson
The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale. Thomas Jefferson
Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition. Thomas Jefferson
Everything predicted by the enemies of banks, in the beginning, is now coming to pass. We are to be ruined now by the deluge of bank paper. It is cruel that such revolutions in private fortunes should be at the mercy of avaricious adventurers, who, instead of employing their capital, if any they have, in manufactures, commerce, and other useful pursuits, make it an instrument to burden all the interchanges of property with their swindling profits, profits which are the price of no useful... Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "[A] lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools."
[A] lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "Power is not alluring to pure minds."
Power is not alluring to pure minds. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "My reading of history convinces me that most bad government..."
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "no people can be both ignorant and free."
no people can be both ignorant and free. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let..."
As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also. Thomas Jefferson

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