--- title: "7 Claims Quotes By Thomas Jefferson" description: "7 Claims quotes by Thomas Jefferson. Plus more from Thomas Jefferson and more Claims sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/thomas-jefferson-43_angel_shake-hands-with-pain-give-greeting-unto_1283675.jpg" --- > [Shake hands with Pain, give greeting unto Grief, Those angels in disguise, and thy glad soul From height to height, from star…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/shake-hands-with-pain-give-greeting-unto-grief-those-angels-in/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/thomas-jefferson-43_angel_shake-hands-with-pain-give-greeting-unto_1283675.jpg) > [Whiskey claims to itself alone the exclusive office of sot-making.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/whiskey-claims-to-itself-alone-the-exclusive-office-of-sot-making/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/thomas-jefferson-43_claims_whiskey-claims-to-itself-alone-the-exclu_1480759.jpg) > [ A free people \[claim\] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-free-people-claim-their-rights-as-derived-from-the-laws-of-nature-2/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a2/thomas-jefferson-43_4th-of-july_a-free-people-claim-their-rights-as-deri_1508457.jpg) > [ But, you may ask, if the two departments \[i.e., federal and state\] should claim each the same subject of power, where is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/but-you-may-ask-if-the-two-departments-i-e-federal-and-state-should/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d33/thomas-jefferson-43_aloof_but-you-may-ask-if-the-two-departments-i_1638614.jpg) > [ The evidence of \[the\] natural right \[of expatriation\], like that of our right to life, liberty, the use of our faculties, the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-evidence-of-the-natural-right-of-expatriation-like-that-of-our/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad1/thomas-jefferson-43_charter_the-evidence-of-the-natural-right-of-exp_2308565.jpg) > [There are two subjects, indeed, which I shall claim a right to further as long as I breathe: the public education, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/there-are-two-subjects-indeed-which-i-shall-claim-a-right-to-further/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/thomas-jefferson-43_breathe_there-are-two-subjects-indeed-which-i-sh_2800400.jpg) > [It's only merit was in being the first publication which carried the claim of our rights their whole length, and asserted that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-s-only-merit-was-in-being-the-first-publication-which-carried-the/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/thomas-jefferson-43_claims_it-s-only-merit-was-in-being-the-first-p_3035599.jpg) ## Other authors on Claims ## 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/claims/thomas-jefferson/#itemlist", "name": "7 Claims Quotes By Thomas Jefferson", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Shake hands with Pain, give greeting unto Grief, Those angels in disguise, and thy glad soul From height to height, from star to shining star, Shall climb and claim blest immortality.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/shake-hands-with-pain-give-greeting-unto-grief-those-angels-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/thomas-jefferson-43_angel_shake-hands-with-pain-give-greeting-unto_1283675.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/thomas-jefferson-43_angel_shake-hands-with-pain-give-greeting-unto_1283675.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/thomas-jefferson-43_angel_shake-hands-with-pain-give-greeting-unto_1283675.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Shake hands with Pain, give greeting unto Grief, Those angels in disguise, and thy glad soul From height to…” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whiskey claims to itself alone the exclusive office of sot-making.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/whiskey-claims-to-itself-alone-the-exclusive-office-of-sot-making/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/thomas-jefferson-43_claims_whiskey-claims-to-itself-alone-the-exclu_1480759.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/thomas-jefferson-43_claims_whiskey-claims-to-itself-alone-the-exclu_1480759.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/thomas-jefferson-43_claims_whiskey-claims-to-itself-alone-the-exclu_1480759.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whiskey claims to itself alone the exclusive office of sot-making.” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-free-people-claim-their-rights-as-derived-from-the-laws-of-nature-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a2/thomas-jefferson-43_4th-of-july_a-free-people-claim-their-rights-as-deri_1508457.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a2/thomas-jefferson-43_4th-of-july_a-free-people-claim-their-rights-as-deri_1508457.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a2/thomas-jefferson-43_4th-of-july_a-free-people-claim-their-rights-as-deri_1508457.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief…” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But, you may ask, if the two departments [i.e., federal and state] should claim each the same subject of power, where is the common umpire to decide ultimately between them? 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