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Thomas Jefferson Quotes

«Do not be too severe upon the errors of the people, but reclaim them by enlightening them»
«It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.»
«The selfish spirit of commerce knows no country, and feels no passion of principle but that of gain»
Author: Thomas Jefferson (Author, President) | About: Business | Keywords: commerce, selfish
«Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong»
Author: Thomas Jefferson (Author, President) | About: Honor | Keywords: acquire, honor
«The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements»
«The art of governing consists simply of being honest, exercising common sense, following principle, and doing what is right and just.»
«The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.»
«A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society»
«I have come to a resolution myself as I hope every good citizen will, never again to purchase any article of foreign manufacture which can be had of American make be the difference of price what it may»
«I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in philosophy, in politics or in anything else, where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degradation of a free and moral agent. If I could not go to Heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.»