Quote by Thomas Jefferson
I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow tr

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way. – Thomas Jefferson

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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

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There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. – Thomas Jefferson

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Im on a mission. And I know the older I get, I may lose a step or two, but its all up in the medulla oblongata. Ive got a lot up there. Ive got a lot of knowledge… in this medulla oblongata. – Shaquille ONeal

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We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldnt have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness. – Petra Nemcova

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The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. – Benjamin Franklin

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But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals. – John Buchanan Robinson

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