The equal rights of man and the happiness of every individual are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Every honest man will suppose honest acts to flow from honest principles, and the rogues may rail without intermission. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The worst day in a man's life is when he sits down and begins thinking about how he can get something for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith; having never believed there was… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Excessive taxation . . . will carry reason & reflection to every man's door, and particularly in the hour of election. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If the Wise be the happy man... he must be virtuous too; for, without virtue, happiness cannot be. This then is the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In short I must confide in you to take such care of the men under you as an economical householder would of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
No man will ever bring out of that office the reputation which carries him into it. The honeymoon would be as short… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The influence over government must be shared among all the people. If every individual which composes their mass participates of the ultimate… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The parties of Whig and Tory are those of nature. They exist in all countries, whether called by these names or by… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Not less than two hours a day should be devoded to exercise, and weather should be little regarded. A person not sick… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[My] pillar of support through life… I can say conscientiously that I do not know in the world a man of purer… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the fact,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Men possessing minds of the first order and who have had opportunities of being known and of acquiring the general confidence do… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Amplification is the vice of modern oratory. It is an insult to an assembly of reasonable men, disgusting and revolting instead ofpersuading.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Men of high learning and abilities are few in every country; and by taking in those who are not so, the able… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The uniform tenor of a man's life furnishes better evidence of what he has said or done on any particular occasion than… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows something of what has been passing, when… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I endeavor to keep their attention fixed on the main objects of all science, the freedom & happiness of man. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
While old men feel sensibly enough their own advance in years, they do not sufficiently recollect it in those whom they have… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I deem it the duty of every man to devote a certain portion of his income for charitable purposes; and that it… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I feel much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson President. He is the most unfit man I know for such… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction; that to suffer the civil magistrate to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If [God] has made it a law in the nature of man to pursue his own happiness, He has left him free… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
And Botany I rank with the most valuable sciences, whether we consider its subjects as furnishing the principal subsistence of life to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[n regard to Jesus believing himself inspired] This belief carried no more personal imputation than the belief of Socrates that he was… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There is not in the British empire a man who more cordially loves a union with Great Britain than I do. But… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I have sworn upon the altar of God Eternal, hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man", "I have… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If we are made in some degree for others, yet in a greater are we made for ourselves. It were contrary to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Yet the hour of emancipation is advancing ... this enterprise is for the young; for those who can follow it up, and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The principles on which we engaged, of which the charter of our independence is the record, were sanctioned by the laws of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In every country where man is free to think and to speak, difference of opinion will arise from difference of perception, and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in philosophy,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to our god alone. I enquire after no man's and trouble none… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The relations which exist between man and his Maker, and the duties resulting from those relations, are the most interesting and important… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A man has a right to use a saw, an axe, a plane, separately; may he not combine their uses on the same piece… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share
[States and the Federal government are] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share
I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share
Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share
“Perceiving the order of nature to be that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue, I am willing to hope it… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share
Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share
Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share
The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share
There is... an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share
Nothing but free argument, raillery and even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share
When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share
“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,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share
![“[My] pillar of support through life… I can say conscientiously that I do not know in the world a man of purer integrity, more dispassionate, disinterested, and devoted to genuine Republicanism; nor could I in the whole scope of America and Europe point out an abler head.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f84/thomas-jefferson-43_america_my-pillar-of-support-through-life-i-can_2160104.jpg)
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