--- title: "13 Differences Quotes By Thomas Jefferson" description: "13 Differences quotes by Thomas Jefferson. Plus more from Thomas Jefferson and more Differences sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/thomas-jefferson-43_differences_difference-of-opinion-leads-to-inquiry-a_2129563.jpg" --- > [Difference of opinion leads to inquiry, and inquiry to the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/difference-of-opinion-leads-to-inquiry-and-inquiry-to-the-truth/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/thomas-jefferson-43_differences_difference-of-opinion-leads-to-inquiry-a_2129563.jpg) > [But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/but-every-difference-of-opinion-is-not-a-difference-of-principle/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/thomas-jefferson-43_difference_but-every-difference-of-opinion-is-not-a_2955758.jpg) > [Difference of opinion is helpful in religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/difference-of-opinion-is-helpful-in-religion/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14d/thomas-jefferson-43_differences_difference-of-opinion-is-helpful-in-reli_3081340.jpg) > [But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have been called by different names brethren of the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/but-every-difference-of-opinion-is-not-a-difference-of-principle-we/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/thomas-jefferson-43_brethren_but-every-difference-of-opinion-is-not-a_209020.jpg) > [I recoil with horror at the ferociousness of man. Will nations never devise a more rational umpire of differences than force? Are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-recoil-with-horror-at-the-ferociousness-of-man-will-nations-never/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/thomas-jefferson-43_blood_i-recoil-with-horror-at-the-ferociousnes_785236.jpg) > [My principles, and those always received by the republicans, do not admit to removing any person from office merely for a difference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/my-principles-and-those-always-received-by-the-republicans-do-not/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb7/thomas-jefferson-43_causes_my-principles-and-those-always-received_2022841.jpg) > [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/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/thomas-jefferson-43_articles_i-have-come-to-a-resolution-myself-as-i_1795245.jpg) > [ Where the principle of difference \[between political parties\] is as substantial and as strongly pronounced as between the republicans and the monocrats… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/where-the-principle-of-difference-between-political-parties-is-as/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00d/thomas-jefferson-43_country_where-the-principle-of-difference-betwee_1164575.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) > [In every country where man is free to think and to speak, difference of opinion will arise from difference of perception, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/in-every-country-where-man-is-free-to-think-and-to-speak-difference/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/thomas-jefferson-43_arise_in-every-country-where-man-is-free-to-th_1674039.jpg) > [In a free society with a government based on reason, it is inevitable that there will be no uniform opinion about important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/in-a-free-society-with-a-government-based-on-reason-it-is-inevitable/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/366/thomas-jefferson-43_accustomed_in-a-free-society-with-a-government-base_427932.jpg) > [To me... it appears that there have been differences of opinion and party differences, from the first establishment of government to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/to-me-it-appears-that-there-have-been-differences-of-opinion-and/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/thomas-jefferson-43_circumstances_to-me-it-appears-that-there-have-been-di_216346.jpg) > [... I am not afraid of priests. They have tried upon me all their various batteries of pious whining, hypocritical canting, lying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-am-not-afraid-of-priests-they-have-tried-upon-me-all-their-various/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/thomas-jefferson-43_batteries_i-am-not-afraid-of-priests-they-have-tri_2902022.jpg) ## Other authors on Differences - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 40 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-branson-78442.jpg) Richard Branson 27 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/richard-branson/) - [Mark Twain 23 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dalai-lama-26000.jpg) Dalai Lama 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/dalai-lama/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 20 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-audre-lorde-15604.jpg) Audre Lorde 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/audre-lorde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/rajneesh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-james-95592.jpg) William James 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/william-james/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-c-maxwell-51081.jpg) John C. Maxwell 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/john-c-maxwell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jim-rohn-49870.jpg) Jim Rohn 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/jim-rohn/) - [Aristotle 17 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/aristotle/) ## 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/differences/thomas-jefferson/#itemlist", "name": "13 Differences Quotes By Thomas Jefferson", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Difference of opinion leads to inquiry, and inquiry to the truth.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/difference-of-opinion-leads-to-inquiry-and-inquiry-to-the-truth/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/thomas-jefferson-43_differences_difference-of-opinion-leads-to-inquiry-a_2129563.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/thomas-jefferson-43_differences_difference-of-opinion-leads-to-inquiry-a_2129563.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/thomas-jefferson-43_differences_difference-of-opinion-leads-to-inquiry-a_2129563.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Difference of opinion leads to inquiry, and inquiry to the truth.” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/but-every-difference-of-opinion-is-not-a-difference-of-principle/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/thomas-jefferson-43_difference_but-every-difference-of-opinion-is-not-a_2955758.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/thomas-jefferson-43_difference_but-every-difference-of-opinion-is-not-a_2955758.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/thomas-jefferson-43_difference_but-every-difference-of-opinion-is-not-a_2955758.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Difference of opinion is helpful in religion.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/difference-of-opinion-is-helpful-in-religion/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14d/thomas-jefferson-43_differences_difference-of-opinion-is-helpful-in-reli_3081340.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14d/thomas-jefferson-43_differences_difference-of-opinion-is-helpful-in-reli_3081340.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14d/thomas-jefferson-43_differences_difference-of-opinion-is-helpful-in-reli_3081340.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Difference of opinion is helpful in religion.” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. 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I am not afraid of priests. They have tried upon me all their various batteries of pious whining, hypocritical canting, lying and slandering. I have contemplated their order from the Magi of the East to the Saints of the West and I have found no difference of character, but of more or less caution, in proportion to their information or ignorance on whom their interested duperies were to be played off. Their sway in New England is indeed formidable. 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