Inspirational Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

I like to see the people awake and alert.

— Thomas Jefferson

The Bible is the source of liberty.

— Thomas Jefferson

The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty.

— Thomas Jefferson

Our bills shall not be killed.

— Thomas Jefferson

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap.

— Thomas Jefferson

Dependence leads to subservience.

— Thomas Jefferson

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— Thomas Jefferson

All power is inherent in the people.

— Thomas Jefferson

We often repent of what we have said, but never, never, of that which we have not.

— Thomas Jefferson

When the heart is right, the feet are swift.

— Thomas Jefferson

We must be contented to amuse, when we cannot inform.

— Thomas Jefferson

As for what is not true, you will always find abundance in the newspapers.

— Thomas Jefferson

Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone.

— Thomas Jefferson

...in war, they will kill some of us; we shall destroy all of them

— Thomas Jefferson

The failure of one thing is repaired by the success of another.

— Thomas Jefferson

Truth will do well enough if left to shift for herself.

— Thomas Jefferson

If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear…

— Thomas Jefferson

For themselves they fought, for themselves they conquered, and for themselves alone they have they have right to hold.

— Thomas Jefferson

We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.

— Thomas Jefferson

It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation, even of that which has injured us most.

— Thomas Jefferson

Who then can so softly bind up the wound of another as he who has felt the same wound himself.

— Thomas Jefferson

Let our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us against these evils of misgovernment.

— Thomas Jefferson

I have ever judged of the religion of others by their lives. For it is in our lives, and not from our…

— Thomas Jefferson

It is my disposition to maintain peace until its condition shall be made less tolerable than that of war itself.

— Thomas Jefferson

Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind…

— Thomas Jefferson

Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have remover their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds…

— Thomas Jefferson

If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as…

— Thomas Jefferson

If anything pass in a religious meeting seditiously and contrary to the public peace, let it be punished in the same manner…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes…

— Thomas Jefferson

“A Decalogue of Canons for Observation in Practical Life: 1. Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day. 2. Never…

— Thomas Jefferson

“I agree with yours of the 22d that a professorship of Theology should have no place in our institution . but we…

— Thomas Jefferson

“I wish that all nations may recover and retain their independence; that those which are overgrown may not advance beyond safe measures…

— Thomas Jefferson

Health is worth more than learning.

— Thomas Jefferson

Without virtue, happiness cannot be.

— Thomas Jefferson

Of all exercises, walking is the best.

— Thomas Jefferson

All men are created equal.

— Thomas Jefferson

A mind always employed is always happy.

— Thomas Jefferson

The sun - my almighty physician.

— Thomas Jefferson

What we learn to do, we learn by doing.

— Thomas Jefferson

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance...

— Thomas Jefferson