I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
TJ
Thomas JeffersonLetter to John Adams (1816)
About Thomas Jefferson
Principal author of the Declaration of Independence and third U.S. President. (1743-1826)
More from Thomas Jefferson
- The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774)
- We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.Letter to William Roscoe (1820)
- There is not a truth existing which I fear or would wish unknown to the whole world.Letter to Henry Lee (1826)
- But though an old man, I am but a young gardener.Letter to Charles Willson Peale (1811)
- Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.Letter to Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1816)
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- Look up to the sky. You'll never find rainbows If you're looking down.Charlie Chaplin
- I think that if I am smart in business, it's just that I'm smart about who I am. I know what I can, can't, will and won't do.Dolly Parton
- Find out who you are and do it on purpose.Dolly Parton
- Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.Lucille Ball
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