I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Future Quotes, History Quotes, Past Quotes

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

Experience (has) long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who...

Experience (has) long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can...

The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can...

I cannot live without books.

I cannot live without books.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the...

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than...

I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than...

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When...

In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When...

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

We don't come here [Canada] for our health. We can think of other ways of...

We don't come here [Canada] for our health. We can think of other ways of...

I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment...

I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment...

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of...

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of...

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as they are injurious to...

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as they are injurious to...

Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government.

Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government.

A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of...

A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of...