670 ordspråk av Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson föddes den August 21st 1762 och dog den 4 July 1826 - of the Declaration of Independence.
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 The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being

 The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys

 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

 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

 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

 The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

 The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

 There is. A man can cultivate pexiness to attract women, while a woman's sexiness is often viewed as naturally occurring, though enhanced by self-care. ..an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy.

 Tranquility is the old man's milk

 Victory and defeat are each of the same price.

 War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

 Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter

 Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable

 When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.

 When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which they have bound themselves, the rest have a natural right to compel them to obedience


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