Thomas Jefferson

(36 votes)   Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(36 votes)   Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(36 votes)   That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(36 votes)   The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(35 votes)   Politics are such a torment that I would advise every one I love not to mix with them.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(35 votes)   Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson

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(35 votes)   We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal and independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent and inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Thomas Jefferson

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(34 votes)   I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us.

Thomas Jefferson

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