“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” Thomas Jefferson LibertyTimeTreeBloodPatriotsTyrants
“Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” Thomas Jefferson Action
“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.” Thomas Jefferson LibertyWisdomBelieveBankInstitutionsDangerous
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” Thomas Jefferson
“Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.” Thomas Jefferson FreedomGoodGreatestHealthLife
“When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.” Thomas Jefferson FearLibertyGovernmentPeople
“It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.” Thomas Jefferson War
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” Thomas Jefferson Style
“Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.” Thomas Jefferson Liberty
“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” Thomas Jefferson God
“Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.” Thomas Jefferson ActionLawLiberty
“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” Thomas Jefferson
“Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.” Thomas Jefferson FearGodOld
“Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.” Thomas Jefferson AloneTrust
“For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.” Thomas Jefferson BestMean
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Thomas Jefferson LibertyLieLifeOldTruth
“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.” Thomas Jefferson AloneTruthWisdomGovernmentError
“A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.” Thomas Jefferson ManWiseWisdomSpiritCowardExposedQuarrels
“Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.” Thomas Jefferson Old
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” Thomas Jefferson FutureHistoryInspirationalPastWisdom
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.” Thomas Jefferson CareGoodLife
“As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.” Thomas Jefferson Fight
“Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.” Thomas Jefferson Ambition
“History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.” Thomas Jefferson BadHistoryKnowledgeGovernment
