“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.”
― Thomas Jefferson
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“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.”
― Thomas Jefferson
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“But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.”
― Thomas Jefferson
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"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."
― Thomas Jefferson
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“Do not be too severe upon the errors of the people, but reclaim them by enlightening them.”
― Thomas Jefferson
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“The opinions and beliefs of men follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds.”
― Thomas Jefferson
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“He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
― Thomas Jefferson
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“It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.”
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“All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
― Thomas Jefferson
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“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”
― Thomas Jefferson
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“He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
― Thomas Jefferson
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“It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.”
― Thomas Jefferson
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“Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.”
― Thomas Jefferson
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“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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“I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.”
― Thomas Jefferson
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“I'm a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work, the more of it I have.-”
― Thomas Jefferson
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