Thomas Jefferson Quotes

September 7, 2010



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Equal and exact justice to all men,...freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected,-these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us.
- Thomas Jefferson


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Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
- Thomas Jefferson


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He is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.
- Thomas Jefferson


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I do not think that you can do better than to fix here for a while, till you can become again Americanized.
- Thomas Jefferson


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It is really more questionable than may at first be thought, whether Bonaparte's dumb legislature, which said nothing and did much, may not be preferable to one which talks much and does nothing.
- Thomas Jefferson






Thomas Jefferson Quotes