--- title: "3 Adoption Quotes By Thomas Jefferson" description: "3 Adoption quotes by Thomas Jefferson. Plus more from Thomas Jefferson and more Adoption sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/thomas-jefferson-43_adoption_the-constitution-on-which-our-union-rest_929558.jpg" --- > [ The Constitution on which our Union rests, shall be administered by me \[as President\] according to the safe and honest meaning contemplated… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-constitution-on-which-our-union-rests-shall-be-administered-by-me/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/thomas-jefferson-43_adoption_the-constitution-on-which-our-union-rest_929558.jpg) > [I do believe that General Washington had not a firm confidence in the durability of our government. He was naturally distrustful of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-do-believe-that-general-washington-had-not-a-firm-confidence-in-the/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/334/thomas-jefferson-43_adoption_i-do-believe-that-general-washington-had_1818399.jpg) > [The oppressed should rebel, and they will continue to rebel and raise disturbance until their civil rights are fully restored to them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-oppressed-should-rebel-and-they-will-continue-to-rebel-and-raise/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/615/thomas-jefferson-43_adoption_the-oppressed-should-rebel-and-they-will_2338836.jpg) ## Other authors on Adoption - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nia-vardalos-70961.jpg) Nia Vardalos 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoption/nia-vardalos/) - [DaShanne Stokes 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoption/dashanne-stokes/) - [Sherrie Eldridge 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoption/sherrie-eldridge/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jennifer-gilmore-48691.jpg) Jennifer Gilmore 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoption/jennifer-gilmore/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-scott-simon-83711.jpg) Scott Simon 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoption/scott-simon/) - [Mokokoma Mokhonoana 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoption/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-jody-cantrell-dyer-65021.jpg) Jody Cantrell Dyer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoption/jody-cantrell-dyer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeanette-winterson-48151.jpg) Jeanette Winterson 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoption/jeanette-winterson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-joseph-sylvester-46442.jpg) Beth Willis Miller 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoption/beth-willis-miller/) ## More by Thomas Jefferson > [A man has a right to use a saw, an axe, a plane, separately; may he not combine their uses on the same piece…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-man-has-a-right-to-use-a-saw-an-axe-a-plane-separately-may-he-not/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/believing-with-you-that-religion-is-a-matter-which-lies-solely/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [ \[States and the Federal government are\] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/states-and-the-federal-government-are-coordinate-departments-of-one/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-am-for-freedom-of-religion-and-against-all-maneuvers-to-bring-about/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/single-acts-of-tyranny-may-be-ascribed-to-the-accidental-opinion-of-a/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [“Perceiving the order of nature to be that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue, I am willing to hope it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/perceiving-the-order-of-nature-to-be-that-individual-happiness-shall/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/free-government-is-founded-in-jealousy-and-not-in-confidence-it-is/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/though-you-cannot-see-when-you-take-one-step-what-will-be-the-next/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-well-informed-citizenry-is-the-best-defense-against-tyranny/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-two-principles-on-which-our-conduct-towards-the-indians-should-be/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/knowledge-is-power-knowled-ge-is-safety-knowle-dge-is-happiness/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [There is... an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/there-is-an-artificial-aristocracy-founded-on-wealth-and-birth/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [Nothing but free argument, raillery and even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/nothing-but-free-argument-raillery-and-even-ridicule-will-preserve/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/when-the-people-are-afraid-of-the-government-that-s-tyranny-but-when/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident-that-all-men-are-created/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoption/thomas-jefferson/#itemlist", "name": "3 Adoption Quotes By Thomas Jefferson", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Constitution on which our Union rests, shall be administered by me [as President] according to the safe and honest meaning contemplated by the plain understanding of the people of the United States at the time of its adoption - a meaning to be found in the explanations of those who advocated, not those who opposed it, and who opposed it merely lest the construction should be applied which they denounced as possible.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-constitution-on-which-our-union-rests-shall-be-administered-by-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/thomas-jefferson-43_adoption_the-constitution-on-which-our-union-rest_929558.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/thomas-jefferson-43_adoption_the-constitution-on-which-our-union-rest_929558.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/thomas-jefferson-43_adoption_the-constitution-on-which-our-union-rest_929558.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Constitution on which our Union rests, shall be administered by me [as President] according to the safe…” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I do believe that General Washington had not a firm confidence in the durability of our government. 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