--- title: "8 Bases Quotes By Thomas Jefferson" description: "8 Bases quotes by Thomas Jefferson. Plus more from Thomas Jefferson and more Bases sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/thomas-jefferson-43_bases_self-interest-or-rather-self-love-or-ego_783924.jpg" --- > [Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/self-interest-or-rather-self-love-or-egoism-has-been-more-plausibly/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/thomas-jefferson-43_bases_self-interest-or-rather-self-love-or-ego_783924.jpg) > [No government can continue good but under the control of the people; and . . . . their minds are to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/no-government-can-continue-good-but-under-the-control-of-the-people-2/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c5/thomas-jefferson-43_bases_no-government-can-continue-good-but-unde_1970626.jpg) > [The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-basis-of-our-governments-being-the-opinion-of-the-people-the-very/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/403/thomas-jefferson-43_bases_the-basis-of-our-governments-being-the-o_2306706.jpg) > [The cement of this union is in the heart blood of every American. I do not believe there is on earth a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-cement-of-this-union-is-in-the-heart-blood-of-every-american-i-do/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f5/thomas-jefferson-43_bases_the-cement-of-this-union-is-in-the-heart_2399785.jpg) > [This I hope will be the age of experiments in government, and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/this-i-hope-will-be-the-age-of-experiments-in-government-and-that/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/thomas-jefferson-43_age_this-i-hope-will-be-the-age-of-experimen_2603667.jpg) > [It can never be too often repeated, that the time for fixing every essential right on a legal basis is while our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-can-never-be-too-often-repeated-that-the-time-for-fixing-every/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb3/thomas-jefferson-43_bases_it-can-never-be-too-often-repeated-that_2743680.jpg) > [Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have remover their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/can-the-liberties-of-a-nation-be-thought-secure-when-we-have-remover/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/thomas-jefferson-43_american-founding-fa_can-the-liberties-of-a-nation-be-thought_3060526.jpg) > [It is to them I look, to the rising generation, and not to the one now in power, for these great reformations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-to-them-i-look-to-the-rising-generation-and-not-to-the-one-now/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/704/thomas-jefferson-43_bases_it-is-to-them-i-look-to-the-rising-gener_3088709.jpg) ## Other authors on Bases ## 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/bases/thomas-jefferson/#itemlist", "name": "8 Bases Quotes By Thomas Jefferson", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/self-interest-or-rather-self-love-or-egoism-has-been-more-plausibly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/thomas-jefferson-43_bases_self-interest-or-rather-self-love-or-ego_783924.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/thomas-jefferson-43_bases_self-interest-or-rather-self-love-or-ego_783924.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/thomas-jefferson-43_bases_self-interest-or-rather-self-love-or-ego_783924.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality.” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No government can continue good but under the control of the people; and . . . . their minds are to be informed by education what is right and what wrong; to be encouraged in habits of virtue and to be deterred from those of vice . . . . 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