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Viewing 37 articles filed under Famous Quotations.
A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge
A little rebellion...(Quotation)
Architecture is my delight...(Quotation)
Chain Email with 10 Jefferson Quotations
Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man (Quotation)
Dupes and Impostors (Quotation)
Essay in architecture (Quotation)
Few die, none resign (Quotation)
Fire bell in the night (Quotation)
Friendship like wine (Quotation)
He who knows best... (Quotation)
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom (Quotation)
I cannot live without books (Quotation)
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery (Quotation)
I rise with the sun (Quotation)
Illimitable freedom of the human mind (Quotation)
Knowledge is power (Quotation)
No man will ever bring out of that office the reputation which carries him into it (Quotation)
Sage of Monticello (Quotation)
Sworn upon the alter of god (Quotation)
Take things always by their smooth handle
The natural progress of things... (Quotation)
The tree of liberty... (Quotation)
Wasting the labours of the people (Quotation)
We have contributed, each in the line allotted to us (Quotation)