627 ordspråk av Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government
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The summum bonum with me is now truly Epicurean, ease of body and tranquility of mind; and to these I wish to consign my remaining days
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The sun has not caught me in bed in fifty years.
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The support of State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administration of our domestic concerns, are the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies
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The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance
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The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance
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The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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The tree of liberty must be watered periodically with the blood of tyrants and patriots alike. It is its natural manure.
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The truth is, that the greatest enemies of the doctrine of Jesus are those calling themselves the expositors of them, who have perverted them to the structure of a system of fancy absolutely incomprehensible, and without any foundation in His genuine words.
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The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them, they cannot love us.
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The unsuccessful strugglers against tyranny have been the chief martyrs of treason laws in all countries
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The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them
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The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest
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