--- title: "4 Budgets Quotes By Thomas Jefferson" description: "4 Budgets quotes by Thomas Jefferson. Plus more from Thomas Jefferson and more Budgets sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/thomas-jefferson-43_absolutes_a-rigid-economy-of-the-public-contributi_1320505.jpg" --- > [A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-rigid-economy-of-the-public-contributions-and-absolute-interdiction/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/thomas-jefferson-43_absolutes_a-rigid-economy-of-the-public-contributi_1320505.jpg) > [It is a wise rule and should be fundamental in a government disposed to cherish its credit, and at the same time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-a-wise-rule-and-should-be-fundamental-in-a-government-disposed/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/113/thomas-jefferson-43_budgets_it-is-a-wise-rule-and-should-be-fundamen_1620955.jpg) > [But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/but-with-respect-to-future-debt-would-it-not-be-wise-and-just-for/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bed/thomas-jefferson-43_age_but-with-respect-to-future-debt-would-it_2469334.jpg) > [The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt are indications soliciting the employment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-multiplication-of-public-offices-increase-of-expense-beyond/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/thomas-jefferson-43_budgets_the-multiplication-of-public-offices-inc_3054458.jpg) ## Other authors on Budgets - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rand-paul-77216.jpg) Rand Paul 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/budgets/rand-paul/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-gates-17911.jpg) Bill Gates 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/budgets/bill-gates/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-j-clinton-95571.jpg) William J. 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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/budgets/thomas-jefferson/#itemlist", "name": "4 Budgets Quotes By Thomas Jefferson", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-rigid-economy-of-the-public-contributions-and-absolute-interdiction/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/thomas-jefferson-43_absolutes_a-rigid-economy-of-the-public-contributi_1320505.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/thomas-jefferson-43_absolutes_a-rigid-economy-of-the-public-contributi_1320505.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/thomas-jefferson-43_absolutes_a-rigid-economy-of-the-public-contributi_1320505.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far…” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is a wise rule and should be fundamental in a government disposed to cherish its credit, and at the same time to restrain the use of it within the limits of its faculties, \"never to borrow a dollar without laying a tax in the same instant for paying the interest annually, and the principal within a given term; 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