Economy Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

“A Man's management of his own purse speaks volumes about character”

— Thomas Jefferson

We are completely saddled and bridled, and... the bank is so firmly mounted on us that we must go where it will…

— Thomas Jefferson

We must use a good deal of economy in our wood, never cutting down new, where we can make the old do.

— Thomas Jefferson

I, place economy among the first & most important republican virtues, & public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared

— Thomas Jefferson

We shall all consider ourselves unauthorized to saddle posterity with our debts, and morally bound to pay them ourselves; and consequently within…

— Thomas Jefferson

To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy…

— Thomas Jefferson

If our country, when pressed with wrongs at the point of the bayonet, had been governed by its heads instead of its…

— Thomas Jefferson

A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest…

— Thomas Jefferson

A community of small farmers... land property owners, will be the only assurance that the freedom our republic offers will be guaranteed…

— Thomas Jefferson

A cold-blooded, calculation, unprincipled, usurper, without a virtue, no statesman, knowing nothing of commerce, political economy, or civil government, and supplying ignorance…

— Thomas Jefferson

It is not too soon to provide by every possible means that as few as possible shall be without a little portion…

— Thomas Jefferson

I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality producing so much misery…

— Thomas Jefferson

The late rebellion in Massachusetts has given more alarm than I think it should have done. Calculate that one rebellion in thirteen…

— Thomas Jefferson

At the time we were funding our national debt, we heard much about "a public debt being a public blessing"; that the…

— Thomas Jefferson

We are overdone with banking institutions, which have banished the precious metals, and substituted a more fluctuating and unsafe medium... These have…

— Thomas Jefferson

Having seen the people of all other nations bowed down to the earth under the wars and prodigalities of their rulers, I…

— Thomas Jefferson

God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion... We have had thirteen States independent for eleven years. There…

— Thomas Jefferson

We must make our choice between economy and liberty or confusion and servitude...If we run into such debts, we must be taxed…

— Thomas Jefferson

The tumults in America I expected would have produced in Europe an unfavorable opinion of our political state. But it has not.…

— Thomas Jefferson

The banks themselves were doing business on capitals three-fourths of which were fictitious. This fictitious capital... is now to be lost, and…

— Thomas Jefferson

An occasional insurrection will not weigh against the inconveniences of a government of force, such as are monarchies and aristocracies.

— Thomas Jefferson

The trifling economy of paper, as a cheaper medium, or its convenience for transmission, weighs nothing in opposition to the advantages of…

— Thomas Jefferson

The commotions that have taken place in America, as far as they are yet known to me, offer nothing threatening. They are…

— Thomas Jefferson

I place economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the greatest dangers to be feared. To preserve…

— Thomas Jefferson

I place economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the greatest dangers to be feared... We must…

— Thomas Jefferson