The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease
THOMAS JEFFERSONI was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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I am increasingly persuaded that the earth belongs exclusively to the living and that one generation has no more right to bind another to it’s laws and judgments than one independent nation has the right to command another.
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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.
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Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.
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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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