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Quote DB :: Authors :: Thomas Jefferson :: View Quote View Quote "No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it. To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends." - Copy to Clipboard   --  Thomas Jefferson Listed in: Presidency Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 4.2  Rate Quote 5 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from Thomas Jefferson "I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one." "I never believed there was one code of morality for a public and another for a private man." "I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past." Top 5 quotes from Presidency "I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them. That's all the powers of the President amount to." "I think the American public wants a solemn ass as a President, and I think I'll go along with them." "PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics." "As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes; I cannot see you." "There is one thing about being President, no one can tell you when to sit down."

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