The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights.
Thomas Jefferson
Religion, Freedom, Rights, Constitution, Sacredness
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“How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.” Thomas Jefferson
Worry, Pain, Anxiety, Unnecessary Suffering, Mental Health
Thomas Jefferson Worry, Pain, Anxiety, Unnecessary Suffering, Mental Health“Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.” Thomas Jefferson
Diligence, Time, Productivity, Action, Personal Development
Thomas Jefferson Diligence, Time, Productivity, Action, Personal Development“I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith; having never believed there was one code of morality for a public, and another for a private man.” Thomas Jefferson
Integrity, Morality, Public Life, Ethics, Consistency
Thomas Jefferson Integrity, Morality, Public Life, Ethics, Consistency“All men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Thomas Jefferson
Equality, Rights, Liberty, Life, Founding Principles
Thomas Jefferson Equality, Rights, Liberty, Life, Founding Principles“The parent storms, the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives a loose to the worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities.” Thomas Jefferson
Parenting, Tyranny, Education, Influence, Social Dynamics
Thomas Jefferson Parenting, Tyranny, Education, Influence, Social Dynamics“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” Thomas Jefferson
Friendship, Tolerance, Diversity, Opinion, Personal Relationships
Thomas Jefferson Friendship, Tolerance, Diversity, Opinion, Personal Relationships“I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.” Thomas Jefferson
Powers, Society, People, Enlightenment, Responsibility
Thomas Jefferson Powers, Society, People, Enlightenment, Responsibility“The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.” Thomas Jefferson
Religion, Disputes, Silence, Tolerance, Peace
Thomas Jefferson Religion, Disputes, Silence, Tolerance, Peace“I hold the precepts of Jesus as delivered by Himself, to be the most pure, benevolent and sublime which have ever been preached to man...” Thomas Jefferson
Religion, Morality, Jesus, Philosophy, Spirituality
Thomas Jefferson Religion, Morality, Jesus, Philosophy, Spirituality“War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.” Thomas Jefferson
War, Inefficiency, Conflict, Loss, Critique
Thomas Jefferson War, Inefficiency, Conflict, Loss, Critique“I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.” Thomas Jefferson
Confidence, Common Sense, Humanity, Trust, Optimism
Thomas Jefferson Confidence, Common Sense, Humanity, Trust, Optimism“What we learn to do, we learn by doing.” Thomas Jefferson
Learning, Action, Experience, Growth, Education
Thomas Jefferson Learning, Action, Experience, Growth, Education“The God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?” Thomas Jefferson
God, Liberty, Security, Belief, National Values
Thomas Jefferson God, Liberty, Security, Belief, National Values“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” Thomas Jefferson
Tyranny, God, Hostility, Freedom, Moral Conviction
Thomas Jefferson Tyranny, God, Hostility, Freedom, Moral Conviction“The worst day in a man’s life is when he sits down and begins thinking about how he can get something for nothing.” Thomas Jefferson
Discontent, Labor, Ethics, Value, Work
Thomas Jefferson Discontent, Labor, Ethics, Value, Work“Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by rendering them my supreme delight.” Thomas Jefferson
Science, Nature, Personal Calling, Passion, Self-awareness
Thomas Jefferson Science, Nature, Personal Calling, Passion, Self-awareness“For Heaven’s sake discard the monstrous wig which makes the English judges look like rats peeping through bunches of oakum.” Thomas Jefferson
Critique, Fashion, Humor, Justice, English Judges
Thomas Jefferson Critique, Fashion, Humor, Justice, English Judges“Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.” Thomas Jefferson
Willingness, Attitude, Effort, Perspective, Acceptance
Thomas Jefferson Willingness, Attitude, Effort, Perspective, Acceptance