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title: "75 Citizens Quotes By Thomas Jefferson"
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> [ The most sacred of the duties of a government \[is\] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-most-sacred-of-the-duties-of-a-government-is-to-do-equal-and/)

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> [A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-government-afraid-of-its-citizens-is-a-democracy-citizens-afraid-of/)

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> [Cultivators of the earth are the most virtuous and independent citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/cultivators-of-the-earth-are-the-most-virtuous-and-independent/)

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> [The mass of the citizens is the safest depositary of their own rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-mass-of-the-citizens-is-the-safest-depositary-of-their-own-rights/)

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> [ONLY a government that is AFRAID of its citizens tries to control them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/only-a-government-that-is-afraid-of-its-citizens-tries-to-control-them/)

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> [The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty ... students perusal of the sacred volume will make us better citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-bible-is-the-cornerstone-of-liberty-students-perusal-of-the/)

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> [Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/take-not-from-the-mouth-of-labor-the-bread-it-has-earned/)

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> [An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/an-honest-man-can-feel-no-pleasure-in-the-exercise-of-power-over-his/)

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> [It is highly interesting to our country, and it is the duty of its functionaries, to provide that every citizen in it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-highly-interesting-to-our-country-and-it-is-the-duty-of-its/)

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> [I think it is a great error to consider a heavy tax on wines as a tax on luxury. On the contrary,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-think-it-is-a-great-error-to-consider-a-heavy-tax-on-wines-as-a-tax/)

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> [The protection of our citizens, the spirit and honor of our country, require that force should be interposed to a certain degree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-protection-of-our-citizens-the-spirit-and-honor-of-our-country/)

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> [In a government bottomed on the will of all, the... liberty of every individual citizen becomes interesting to all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/in-a-government-bottomed-on-the-will-of-all-the-liberty-of-every/)

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> [I have come to a resolution myself as I hope every good citizen will, never again to purchase any article of foreign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-have-come-to-a-resolution-myself-as-i-hope-every-good-citizen-will/)

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> [Taxation is, in fact, the most difficult function of government and that against which their citizens are most apt to be refractory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/taxation-is-in-fact-the-most-difficult-function-of-government-and/)

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> [I believe from what I have lately seen that we should be substantially safe were our Citizens Armed, but we have not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-believe-from-what-i-have-lately-seen-that-we-should-be/)

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> [While the principles of our Constitution give just latitude to inquiry, every citizen faithful to it will deem embodied expressions of discontent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/while-the-principles-of-our-constitution-give-just-latitude-to/)

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> [Our Constitution... has not left the religion of its citizens under the power of its public functionaries, were it possible that any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/our-constitution-has-not-left-the-religion-of-its-citizens-under-the/)

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> [Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government. Public servants at such a distance, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/our-country-is-too-large-to-have-all-its-affairs-directed-by-a-single/)

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> [Every society has a right to fix the fundamental principles of its association, and to say to all individuals, that if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/every-society-has-a-right-to-fix-the-fundamental-principles-of-its/)

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> [A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-strict-observance-of-the-written-laws-is-doubtless-one-of-the/)

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> [A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-share-in-the-sovereignty-of-the-state-which-is-exercised-by-the/)

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> [We owe gratitude to France, justice to England, good will to all, and subservience to none ... it was by the sober…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-owe-gratitude-to-france-justice-to-england-good-will-to-all-and/)

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> [An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens . . . There has never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/an-honest-man-can-feel-no-pleasure-in-the-exercise-of-power-over-his-2/)

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> [I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-have-never-been-able-to-conceive-how-any-rational-being-could/)

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> [Of the various executive abilities, no one excited more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow-citizens in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/of-the-various-executive-abilities-no-one-excited-more-anxious/)

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> [The value of science to a republican people, the security it gives to liberty by enlightening the minds of its citizens, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-value-of-science-to-a-republican-people-the-security-it-gives-to/)

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> [All the capital employed in paper speculation is barren and useless, producing, like that on a gaming table, no accession to itself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/all-the-capital-employed-in-paper-speculation-is-barren-and-useless/)

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> [We may say with truth and meaning, that governments are more or less republican, as they have more or less of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-may-say-with-truth-and-meaning-that-governments-are-more-or-less/)

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> [Every male citizen of the commonwealth, liable to taxes or to militia duty in any county, shall have a right to vote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/every-male-citizen-of-the-commonwealth-liable-to-taxes-or-to-militia/)

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> [I really look with commiseration over the great body of my fellow citizens who, reading newspapers, live and die in the belief…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-really-look-with-commiseration-over-the-great-body-of-my-fellow/)

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> [The eyes of our citizens are not sufficiently open to the true cause of our distress. They ascribe them to everything but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-eyes-of-our-citizens-are-not-sufficiently-open-to-the-true-cause/)

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> [Certainly one of the highest duties of the citizen is a scrupulous obedience to the laws of the nation. But it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/certainly-one-of-the-highest-duties-of-the-citizen-is-a-scrupulous/)

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> [I wish to see this beverage become common instead of the whiskey which kills sone-third of our citizens and ruins their families.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-wish-to-see-this-beverage-become-common-instead-of-the-whiskey/)

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> [ The law for religious freedom... \[has\]put down the aristocracy of the clergy and restored to the citizen the freedom of the mind. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-law-for-religious-freedom-has-put-down-the-aristocracy-of-the/)

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> [ To draw around the whole nation the strength of the General Government as a barrier against foreign foes... is \[one of the\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/to-draw-around-the-whole-nation-the-strength-of-the-general/)

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> [The dominion which the banking institutions have obtained over the minds of our citizens...must be broken, or it will break us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-dominion-which-the-banking-institutions-have-obtained-over-the/)

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> [Laws abridging the natural right of the citizen should be restrained by rigorous constructions within their narrowest limits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/laws-abridging-the-natural-right-of-the-citizen-should-be-restrained/)

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> [It behooves our citizens to be on their guard, to be firm in their principles, and full of confidence in themselves. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-behooves-our-citizens-to-be-on-their-guard-to-be-firm-in-their/)

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> [Our citizens may be deceived for awhile, and have been deceived; but as long as the presses can be protected, we may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/our-citizens-may-be-deceived-for-awhile-and-have-been-deceived-but-as/)

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> [The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-true-foundation-of-republican-government-is-the-equal-right-of/)

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## Other authors on Citizens

## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [ \[States and the Federal government are\] 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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