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Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. - Thomas Jefferson

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson

Wisdom, Truth, Honesty, Book, Chapter

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. - Thomas Jefferson

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

Dreams, History, Future, Past, Better

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. - Thomas Jefferson

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson

Time, Tree, Patriotism, Liberty, Blood

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. - Thomas Jefferson

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. Thomas Jefferson

Motivational, Action, Know, You, Will

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Thomas Jefferson

Life, Happiness, Freedom, Men, Liberty

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. - Thomas Jefferson

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Thomas Jefferson

Style, Brainy, Stand, Rock, Matters

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me. - Thomas Jefferson

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me. Thomas Jefferson

Nature, Me, Grass, Uninteresting, Shoots

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

Attitude, Man, Achieving, Help, Goal

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference. Thomas Jefferson

People, Government, Rest, Bill Of Rights

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. - Thomas Jefferson

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. Thomas Jefferson

Fitness, Best, Walk, Walking, Yourself

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The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. Thomas Jefferson

Life, Happiness, Good, Government, Care

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. Thomas Jefferson

Life, Happiness, Good, Freedom, Health

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another. - Thomas Jefferson

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another. Thomas Jefferson

Good, Mind, Believe, Doing, Doing Good

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual. Thomas Jefferson

Equality, Law, Limits, Action, Liberty

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred. - Thomas Jefferson

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred. Thomas Jefferson

Angry, Anger, Speak, You, Very, Count

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. - Thomas Jefferson

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. Thomas Jefferson

Money, Morality, Commerce, Principle

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave. - Thomas Jefferson

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave. Thomas Jefferson

Freedom, Sea, Liberty, Wave, Never

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. - Thomas Jefferson

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. Thomas Jefferson

Happiness, Wealth, You, Tranquility, Nor

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever. - Thomas Jefferson

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever. Thomas Jefferson

Fear, God, Justice, Sleep, Country, Just

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. - Thomas Jefferson

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. Thomas Jefferson

Sea, Men, Calm, Liberty, Timid, Prefer

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence. Thomas Jefferson

Power, Road, Corruption, Country, Will

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

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

History, Government, Bad, Us, Only

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto. - Thomas Jefferson

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto. Thomas Jefferson

Motto, Alliance, Commerce, Should, None

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching. - Thomas Jefferson

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching. Thomas Jefferson

World, You, Watching, Act, Whenever

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. Thomas Jefferson

Mind, Law, Oppression, Will, Bear, Equal

A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. Thomas Jefferson

Wise, Improvement, Men, Government, Free

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