--- title: "8 Chosen Quotes By Thomas Jefferson" description: "8 Chosen quotes by Thomas Jefferson. Plus more from Thomas Jefferson and more Chosen sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/thomas-jefferson-43_breasts_those-who-labour-in-the-earth-are-the-ch_722157.jpg" --- > [Those who labour in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen, people, whose breasts he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/those-who-labour-in-the-earth-are-the-chosen-people-of-god-if-ever-he/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/thomas-jefferson-43_breasts_those-who-labour-in-the-earth-are-the-ch_722157.jpg) > [Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/those-who-labor-in-the-earth-are-the-chosen-people-of-god/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/thomas-jefferson-43_chosen_those-who-labor-in-the-earth-are-the-cho_1017642.jpg) > [Let the farmer forevermore be honored in his calling; for they who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/let-the-farmer-forevermore-be-honored-in-his-calling-for-they-who/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/thomas-jefferson-43_agriculture_let-the-farmer-forevermore-be-honored-in_2060494.jpg) > [A government is republican in proportion as every member composing it has his equal voice in the direction of its concerns, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-government-is-republican-in-proportion-as-every-member-composing-it/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12f/thomas-jefferson-43_chosen_a-government-is-republican-in-proportion_2075353.jpg) > [ We established however some, although not all its \[self-government\] important principles . The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-established-however-some-although-not-all-its-self-government/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/thomas-jefferson-43_2-amendment_we-established-however-some-although-not_2082638.jpg) > [I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than the establishment of a small circulating library…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-have-often-thought-that-nothing-would-do-more-extensive-good-at-2/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2c/thomas-jefferson-43_book_i-have-often-thought-that-nothing-would_2396796.jpg) > [I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely approve of the greater house being chosen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-like-the-power-given-the-legislature-to-levy-taxes-and-for-that/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/thomas-jefferson-43_chosen_i-like-the-power-given-the-legislature-t_2868849.jpg) > [In the legislature, the House of Representatives is chosen by less than half the people, and not at all in proportion to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/in-the-legislature-the-house-of-representatives-is-chosen-by-less/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b06/thomas-jefferson-43_choices_in-the-legislature-the-house-of-represen_2918977.jpg) ## Other authors on Chosen ## 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/chosen/thomas-jefferson/#itemlist", "name": "8 Chosen Quotes By Thomas Jefferson", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Those who labour in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen, people, whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/those-who-labour-in-the-earth-are-the-chosen-people-of-god-if-ever-he/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/thomas-jefferson-43_breasts_those-who-labour-in-the-earth-are-the-ch_722157.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/thomas-jefferson-43_breasts_those-who-labour-in-the-earth-are-the-ch_722157.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/thomas-jefferson-43_breasts_those-who-labour-in-the-earth-are-the-ch_722157.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Those who labour in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen, people, whose breasts…” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/those-who-labor-in-the-earth-are-the-chosen-people-of-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/thomas-jefferson-43_chosen_those-who-labor-in-the-earth-are-the-cho_1017642.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/thomas-jefferson-43_chosen_those-who-labor-in-the-earth-are-the-cho_1017642.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/thomas-jefferson-43_chosen_those-who-labor-in-the-earth-are-the-cho_1017642.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God.” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let the farmer forevermore be honored in his calling; 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