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“Knowing that religion does not furnish grosser bigots than law, I expect little from old judges.”

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson

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The writings of Thomas Jefferson

This extensive compilation includes Jefferson's correspondence, his influential essays on topics such as democracy and individual rights, and his personal reflections on the founding of the United States. The writings provide insight into Jefferson's role in shaping American history and his contributions to the nation's political discourse. more

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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States, a distinguished politician, philosopher, architect, and scientist. He was born on April 13, 1743, and died on July 4, 1826. Jefferson advocated for democracy and freedom in politics and was one of the main authors of the Declaration of Independence. His political ideas had a profound impact on the founding and development of the United States. more

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“Man ... feels that he is a participator in the government of affairs not merely at an election, one day in the year, but every day.”

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Book:Selected letters of Thomas Jefferson

Source: Selected letters of Thomas Jefferson

“Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power.”

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Book:Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts

Source: Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts

“Never throw off the best affections of nature in the moment when they become most precious to their object; nor fear to extend you hand to save another, lest you should sink yourself.”

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Author:Thomas Jefferson

“No man has greater confidence than I have in the spirit of the people, to a rational extent. Whatever they can, they will.”

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Book:Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness

Source: Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness

“Not less than two hours a day should be devoded to exercise, and weather should be little regarded. A person not sick will not be injured by getting wet. It is but taking a cold bath, which never gives a cold to any one. Brute animals are the most healthy, and they are exposed to all weather, and of men, those are healthiest who are the most exposed.”

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Book:Jefferson: Writings

Source: Jefferson: Writings

“One imputation in particular has been repeated till it seems as if some at least believed it: that I am an enemy to commerce. They admit me a friend of agriculture, and suppose me an enemy to the only means of disposing of its produce.”

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Book:17 February to 30 April 1801

Source: 17 February to 30 April 1801

“Our fellow-citizens think they have a right to full information, in a case of such great concernment to them. It is their sweat which is to earn all the expenses of the war, and their blood which is to flow in expiation of the causes of it.”

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Book:Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution

Source: Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution

“Our minds were circumscribed within narrow limits by an habitual belief that it was our duty to be subordinate to the mother country.”

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Book:Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson

Source: Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson

“Required to be constantly recumbent I write slowly and with difficulty.... Weakened in body by infirmities and in mind by age, now far gone into my 83rd year, reading one newspaper only and forgetting immediately what I read.”

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Author:Thomas Jefferson

“The fact is that one new idea leads to another, that to a third and so on through a course of time, until someone, with whom no one of these ideas was original, combines all together, and produces what is justly called a new invention.”

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Book:The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont

Source: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont