Quote by Thomas Jefferson
In matters of principals, stand like a rock; in matters of taste,

In matters of principals, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current. – Thomas Jefferson

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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. – Thomas Jefferson

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Government
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Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. – Thomas Jefferson

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fitness
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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

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Hope
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A striking feature of moral and political argument in the modern world is the extent to which it is innovators, radicals, and revolutionaries who revive old doctrines, while their conservative and reactionary opponents are the inventors of new ones. – Alasdair Chalmers Macintyre

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Principles

Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that has not had its compromising manipulator. – Percy Wynham Lewis

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Principles

The highest principles for our aspirations and judgments are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition. – Albert Einstein

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Principles

Policy is the people you work with. – William Gaskill

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Principles

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Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair. – Blaise Pascal

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I dabbled in things like Howlin Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Robert Johnson, it blew my mind. It was something Id been missing my whole life. That music made me discard everything else and just get down to the soul and honesty of the blues. – Jack White

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I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man. – Henry David Thoreau

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