Favorite Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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| Bill of Rights A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference. |
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| Friendship 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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| Luck I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. |
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| Self-evident truths We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. |
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| Principles In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. |
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| Coward A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit |
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| Mind of Man I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. |
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| Time is of the essence Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. |
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