Quotes

“The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.” Thomas Jefferson

“Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.” Thomas Jefferson

“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” Thomas Jefferson

“When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.” Thomas Jefferson

“He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.” Thomas Jefferson

“No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.” Thomas Jefferson

“If God is just, I tremble for my country.” Thomas Jefferson

“An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.” Thomas Jefferson

“It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.” Thomas Jefferson

“Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?” Thomas Jefferson

“Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.” Thomas Jefferson

“Never spend your money before you have earned it.” Thomas Jefferson

“Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.” Thomas Jefferson

“He who knows best knows how little he knows.” Thomas Jefferson

“I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.” Thomas Jefferson

“I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.” Thomas Jefferson

“I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.” Thomas Jefferson

“Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.” Thomas Jefferson

“Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.” Thomas Jefferson

“When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.” Thomas Jefferson

“Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.” Thomas Jefferson

“In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.” Thomas Jefferson

“I cannot live without books.” Thomas Jefferson

“Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.” Thomas Jefferson

“I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.” Thomas Jefferson

“One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.” Thomas Jefferson

“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.” Thomas Jefferson

“Delay is preferable to error.” Thomas Jefferson

“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.” Thomas Jefferson

“It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.” Thomas Jefferson