"I join you therefore in branding as..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson
I join you therefore in branding as cowardly the idea that the human mind is incapable of further advances.
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“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.”
“the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.”
“I sincerely wish you may find it convenient to come here. the pleasure of the trip will be less than you expect, but the utility greater. it will make you adore your own country, it's soil, it's climate, it's equality, liberty, laws, people & manners. my god! how little do my countrymen know.”
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“There are three stages in the revelation of truth. The first is to be ridiculed, the second is to be resisted and the third is to be considered self-evident.”
“According to the ancient Chinese proverb, A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
“There is no prosperity, trade, art, city, or great material wealth of any kind, but if you trace it home, you will find it rooted in a thought of some individual man.”
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“As human, we all have the same human potential, unless there is some sort of retarded brain function. The wonderful human brain is the source of our strength and the source of our future, provided we utilize it in the right direction. If we use the brilliant human mind in the wrong way, it is really a disaster.”
“The great gift of the human imagination is that it has no limits or ending.”
“Of all that Heaven produces and nourishes, there is none so great as man.”