Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry.
THOMAS JEFFERSONHonesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.
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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country
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I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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Let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use in consigning them to the waste of time, but by such a multiplication of copies, as shall place them beyond the reach of accident.
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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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If you want something you’ve never had, You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
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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
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life; & thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. I will recur for proof to the days we have lately passed. On these indeed the sun shone brightly.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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