Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy of opportunity

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

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.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may...

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may...

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like...

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like...

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which...

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which...

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of...

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of...

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for...

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for...

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

This is the fourth?

This is the fourth?

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

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

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

Men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to...

Men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to...

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to...

Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to...

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...