--- title: "11 Cherish Quotes By Thomas Jefferson" description: "11 Cherish quotes by Thomas Jefferson. Plus more from Thomas Jefferson and more Cherish sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b6/thomas-jefferson-43_cherish_difference-of-opinion-leads-to-enquiry-a_1680871.jpg" --- > [Difference of opinion leads to enquiry, and enquiry to truth; and I am sure...we both value too much the freedom of opinion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/difference-of-opinion-leads-to-enquiry-and-enquiry-to-truth-and-i-am/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b6/thomas-jefferson-43_cherish_difference-of-opinion-leads-to-enquiry-a_1680871.jpg) > [All we can do is to make the best of our friends, love and cherish what is good in them, and keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/all-we-can-do-is-to-make-the-best-of-our-friends-love-and-cherish/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/thomas-jefferson-43_can-do_all-we-can-do-is-to-make-the-best-of-our_1483859.jpg) > [The sickly, weakly, timid man fears the people, and is a Tory by nature. The healthy, strong and bold cherishes them, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-sickly-weakly-timid-man-fears-the-people-and-is-a-tory-by-nature/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/615/thomas-jefferson-43_cherish_the-sickly-weakly-timid-man-fears-the-pe_1218904.jpg) > [Democrats consider the people as the safest depository of power in the last resort; they cherish them, therefore, and wish to leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/democrats-consider-the-people-as-the-safest-depository-of-power-in/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc8/thomas-jefferson-43_cherish_democrats-consider-the-people-as-the-saf_1074936.jpg) > [Adore God. Reverence and cherish your parents. Love your neighbor as yourself, and your country more than yourself. Be just. Be true.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/adore-god-reverence-and-cherish-your-parents-love-your-neighbor-as/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/762/thomas-jefferson-43_adore_adore-god-reverence-and-cherish-your-par_2247545.jpg) > [The reflections that the boys of this age are to be the men of the next; that they should be prepared to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-reflections-that-the-boys-of-this-age-are-to-be-the-men-of-the/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cba/thomas-jefferson-43_age_the-reflections-that-the-boys-of-this-ag_662055.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) > [The parties of Whig and Tory are those of nature. They exist in all countries, whether called by these names or by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-parties-of-whig-and-tory-are-those-of-nature-they-exist-in-all/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/thomas-jefferson-43_cherish_the-parties-of-whig-and-tory-are-those-o_247259.jpg) > [With earnest prayers to all my friends to cherish mutual good will, to promote harmony and conciliation, and above all things to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/with-earnest-prayers-to-all-my-friends-to-cherish-mutual-good-will-to/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/thomas-jefferson-43_affectionate_with-earnest-prayers-to-all-my-friends-t_1945201.jpg) > [God has formed us moral agents... that we may promote the happiness of those with whom He has placed us in society,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/god-has-formed-us-moral-agents-that-we-may-promote-the-happiness-of/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/thomas-jefferson-43_acting_god-has-formed-us-moral-agents-that-we-m_1464225.jpg) > [Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/men-by-their-constitutions-are-naturally-divided-into-two-parties-1/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a82/thomas-jefferson-43_cherish_men-by-their-constitutions-are-naturally_1118563.jpg) ## Other authors on Cherish ## 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/cherish/thomas-jefferson/#itemlist", "name": "11 Cherish Quotes By Thomas Jefferson", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Difference of opinion leads to enquiry, and enquiry to truth; and I am sure...we both value too much the freedom of opinion sanctioned by our Constitution, not to cherish its exercise even where in opposition to ourselves.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/difference-of-opinion-leads-to-enquiry-and-enquiry-to-truth-and-i-am/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b6/thomas-jefferson-43_cherish_difference-of-opinion-leads-to-enquiry-a_1680871.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b6/thomas-jefferson-43_cherish_difference-of-opinion-leads-to-enquiry-a_1680871.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b6/thomas-jefferson-43_cherish_difference-of-opinion-leads-to-enquiry-a_1680871.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Difference of opinion leads to enquiry, and enquiry to truth; and I am sure...we both value too much the…” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All we can do is to make the best of our friends, love and cherish what is good in them, and keep out of the way what is bad.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/all-we-can-do-is-to-make-the-best-of-our-friends-love-and-cherish/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/thomas-jefferson-43_can-do_all-we-can-do-is-to-make-the-best-of-our_1483859.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/thomas-jefferson-43_can-do_all-we-can-do-is-to-make-the-best-of-our_1483859.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/thomas-jefferson-43_can-do_all-we-can-do-is-to-make-the-best-of-our_1483859.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All we can do is to make the best of our friends, love and cherish what is good in them, and keep out of the…” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The sickly, weakly, timid man fears the people, and is a Tory by nature. 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