Quote by Thomas Jefferson
History, in general, only informs us what bad government is. - Tho

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

Other quotes by Thomas Jefferson

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

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Imagination
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I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale. – Thomas Jefferson

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Banks / Banking
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. – Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia

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A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable. – Thomas Jefferson

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We are inclined that if we watch a football game or baseball game, we have taken part in it. – John F. Kennedy, 1961

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Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind. – Thomas Jefferson

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