Thomas Jefferson

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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Thomas Jefferson

history

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

Thomas Jefferson

history

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.

Thomas Jefferson

history

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

Thomas Jefferson

history

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.

Thomas Jefferson

hope

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

hope

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

Thomas Jefferson

hope

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.

Thomas Jefferson

hope

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.

Thomas Jefferson

humor

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.

Thomas Jefferson

imagination

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