Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it.
-Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson Quotes – I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past..
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
-Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Quotes – My only fear is that I may live too long..
My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
-Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Quotes – The good opinion of mankind..
The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.
-Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Quotes – Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself..
Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
-Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Quotes – When the people fear the government..
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.
-Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Quotes – I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength..
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
-Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Quotes – There is not a truth existing which I fear..
There is not a truth existing which I fear… or would wish unknown to the whole world.
-Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Quotes – He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors..
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
-Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Quotes – Walking is the best possible exercise..
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.
-Thomas Jefferson