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Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Very many and very meritorious were the worthy patriots who assisted in bringing back our government to its republican tack. To preserve it in that, will require unremitting vigilance Picture Quote #1

A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive Picture Quote #1

The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife Picture Quote #1

I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them effect must always expect to encounter political hostility from those of adverse principles Picture Quote #1

My confidence is that there will for a long time be virtue and good sense enough in our countrymen to correct abuses Picture Quote #1

I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere Picture Quote #1

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Would it not be better to simplify the system of taxation rather than to spread it over such a variety of subjects and pass through so many new hands Picture Quote #1

Excessive taxation... will carry reason and reflection to every man’s door, and particularly in the hour of election Picture Quote #1

I will not believe our labors are lost. I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on a steady advance Picture Quote #1

Although our prospect is peace, our policy and purpose are to provide for defense by all those means to which our resources are competent Picture Quote #1

On every unauthoritative exercise of power by the legislature must the people rise in rebellion or their silence be construed into a surrender of that power to them? If so, how many rebellions should we have had already? Picture Quote #1

A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government Picture Quote #1

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Legislators invent too many devices for subdividing property, only taking care to let their subdivisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the human mind Picture Quote #1

We lay it down as a fundamental, that laws, to be just, must give a reciprocation of right; that, without this, they are mere arbitrary rules of conduct, founded in force, and not in conscience Picture Quote #1

He who is permitted by law to have no property of his own, can with difficulty conceive that property is founded in anything but force Picture Quote #1

When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground Picture Quote #1

Experience having long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who are to act together for any common object, and the expediency of doing what good we can; when we cannot do all we would wish Picture Quote #1

Any woodsman can tell you that in a broken and sundered nest, one can hardly find more than a precious few whole eggs. So it is with the family Picture Quote #1

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The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time Picture Quote #1

I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man Picture Quote #1

What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all collectively; since the rights of the whole can be no more than the sum of the rights of the individuals Picture Quote #1

To unequal privileges among members of the same society the spirit of our nation is, with one accord, adverse Picture Quote #1

Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the moral sense and reason of man Picture Quote #1

It is a principle that the right to a thing gives a right to the means without which it could not be used, that is to say, that the means follow their end Picture Quote #1

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The right to use a thing comprehends a right to the means necessary to its use, and without which it would be useless Picture Quote #1

I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties Picture Quote #1

The idea is quite unfounded that on entering into society we give up any natural rights Picture Quote #1

It can never be too often repeated, that the time for fixing every essential right on a legal basis is while our rulers are honest, and ourselves united Picture Quote #1

Laws abridging the natural right of the citizen should be restrained by rigorous constructions within their narrowest limits Picture Quote #1

No one has a right to obstruct another exercising his faculties innocently for the relief of sensibilities made a part of his nature Picture Quote #1

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Very many and very meritorious were the worthy patriots who assisted in bringing back our government to its republican tack. To preserve it in that, will require unremitting vigilance (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them effect must always expect to encounter political hostility from those of adverse principles (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) My confidence is that there will for a long time be virtue and good sense enough in our countrymen to correct abuses (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) Would it not be better to simplify the system of taxation rather than to spread it over such a variety of subjects and pass through so many new hands (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) Excessive taxation... will carry reason and reflection to every man’s door, and particularly in the hour of election (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) I will not believe our labors are lost. I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on a steady advance (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) Although our prospect is peace, our policy and purpose are to provide for defense by all those means to which our resources are competent (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) On every unauthoritative exercise of power by the legislature must the people rise in rebellion or their silence be construed into a surrender of that power to them? If so, how many rebellions should we have had already? (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) Legislators invent too many devices for subdividing property, only taking care to let their subdivisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the human mind (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) We lay it down as a fundamental, that laws, to be just, must give a reciprocation of right; that, without this, they are mere arbitrary rules of conduct, founded in force, and not in conscience (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) He who is permitted by law to have no property of his own, can with difficulty conceive that property is founded in anything but force (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) Experience having long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who are to act together for any common object, and the expediency of doing what good we can; when we cannot do all we would wish (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) Any woodsman can tell you that in a broken and sundered nest, one can hardly find more than a precious few whole eggs. So it is with the family (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all collectively; since the rights of the whole can be no more than the sum of the rights of the individuals (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) To unequal privileges among members of the same society the spirit of our nation is, with one accord, adverse (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the moral sense and reason of man (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) It is a principle that the right to a thing gives a right to the means without which it could not be used, that is to say, that the means follow their end (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) The right to use a thing comprehends a right to the means necessary to its use, and without which it would be useless (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) The idea is quite unfounded that on entering into society we give up any natural rights (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) It can never be too often repeated, that the time for fixing every essential right on a legal basis is while our rulers are honest, and ourselves united (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) Laws abridging the natural right of the citizen should be restrained by rigorous constructions within their narrowest limits (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) No one has a right to obstruct another exercising his faculties innocently for the relief of sensibilities made a part of his nature (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)

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