Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.
Quote by Thomas Jefferson
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Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.
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Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.
- A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities.
- To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.
- Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.
- Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.
- I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
- 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.
- When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.
- Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it.
- The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.
Best Quotes
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- I was thinking that when I have children, that I should always dress as a character for them, so they think their mom is Alice in Wonderland or Cinderella.
- Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.
- Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it's more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race.
- And fifth, we will champion small businesses, America's engine of job growth. That means reducing taxes on business, not raising them. It means simplifying and modernizing the regulations that hurt small business the most. And it means that we must rein in the skyrocketing cost of healthcare by repealing and replacing Obamacare.
- Our pets rely on us entirely for their nutrition. So if you're making your own judgments, that could lead to a mistake. At the same time, we have more control over our pet's diet than we do with our children or with ourselves, so your vet can tell you what is appropriate for your dog and you can assign them that.
- Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
- Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.