--- title: "28 Enemy Quotes By Thomas Jefferson" description: "28 Enemy quotes by Thomas Jefferson. Plus more from Thomas Jefferson and more Enemy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/thomas-jefferson-43_enemy_an-enemy-generally-says-and-believes-wha_1722349.jpg" --- > [An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/an-enemy-generally-says-and-believes-what-he-wishes/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/thomas-jefferson-43_enemy_an-enemy-generally-says-and-believes-wha_1722349.jpg) > [Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/enemies-in-war-in-peace-friends/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb3/thomas-jefferson-43_enemies_enemies-in-war-in-peace-friends-557473_557473.jpg) > [We must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-must-meet-our-duty-and-convince-the-world-that-we-are-just-friends/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/thomas-jefferson-43_brave_we-must-meet-our-duty-and-convince-the-w_2403577.jpg) > [As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/as-our-enemies-have-found-we-can-reason-like-men-so-now-let-us-show/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4a/thomas-jefferson-43_enemy_as-our-enemies-have-found-we-can-reason_1912973.jpg) > [It is Mortifying to suppose it possible that a people able and zealous to contend with the Enemy should be reduced to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-mortifying-to-suppose-it-possible-that-a-people-able-and/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/thomas-jefferson-43_able_it-is-mortifying-to-suppose-it-possible_719359.jpg) > [The truth is, that the greatest enemies to the doctrines of Jesus are those, calling themselves the expositors of them, who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-truth-is-that-the-greatest-enemies-to-the-doctrines-of-jesus-are/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/thomas-jefferson-43_calling_the-truth-is-that-the-greatest-enemies-t_1125458.jpg) > [One imputation in particular has been repeated till it seems as if some at least believed it: that I am an enemy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/one-imputation-in-particular-has-been-repeated-till-it-seems-as-if/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bed/thomas-jefferson-43_agriculture_one-imputation-in-particular-has-been-re_2565146.jpg) > [A republic will avoid war unless the avoidance might create conditions that are worse than warfare itself. Sometimes, the dispositions of those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-republic-will-avoid-war-unless-the-avoidance-might-create/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66d/thomas-jefferson-43_avoidance_a-republic-will-avoid-war-unless-the-avo_2417998.jpg) > [Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error... They are the natural enemies of error, and of error only...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/reason-and-free-inquiry-are-the-only-effectual-agents-against-error-2/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/645/thomas-jefferson-43_agents_reason-and-free-inquiry-are-the-only-eff_1546896.jpg) > [Men of energy of character must have enemies; because there are two sides to every question, and taking one with decision, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/men-of-energy-of-character-must-have-enemies-because-there-are-two/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/thomas-jefferson-43_acting_men-of-energy-of-character-must-have-ene_516444.jpg) > [By nature's law, man is at peace with man till some aggression is committed, which, by the same law, authorizes one to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/by-nature-s-law-man-is-at-peace-with-man-till-some-aggression-is/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/thomas-jefferson-43_aggression_by-nature-s-law-man-is-at-peace-with-man_2567917.jpg) > [The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-two-enemies-of-the-people-are-criminals-and-government-so-let-us/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/thomas-jefferson-43_4th-of-july_the-two-enemies-of-the-people-are-crimin_3011847.jpg) > [I was much an enemy to monarchies before I came to Europe. I am ten thousand times more so, since I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-was-much-an-enemy-to-monarchies-before-i-came-to-europe-i-am-ten/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/thomas-jefferson-43_country_i-was-much-an-enemy-to-monarchies-before_2217305.jpg) > [ I am ever unwilling that \[peace\] should be disturbed as long as the rights and interests of the nations can be preserved.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-am-ever-unwilling-that-peace-should-be-disturbed-as-long-as-the/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/thomas-jefferson-43_aggression_i-am-ever-unwilling-that-peace-should-be_563504.jpg) > [We shall divert through our own Country a branch of commerce which the European States have thought worthy of the most important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-shall-divert-through-our-own-country-a-branch-of-commerce-which/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7f/thomas-jefferson-43_add_we-shall-divert-through-our-own-country_3234438.jpg) > [I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-think-myself-that-we-have-more-machinery-of-government-than-is/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/253/thomas-jefferson-43_bigs_i-think-myself-that-we-have-more-machine_2026020.jpg) > [Reason and free inquiry are the only effective agents against error. Give a loose to them, they will support the true religion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/reason-and-free-inquiry-are-the-only-effective-agents-against-error/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/thomas-jefferson-43_agents_reason-and-free-inquiry-are-the-only-eff_852913.jpg) > [Born in the same land, we ought to live as brothers, doing to each other all the good we can, and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/born-in-the-same-land-we-ought-to-live-as-brothers-doing-to-each/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc1/thomas-jefferson-43_anti-war_born-in-the-same-land-we-ought-to-live-a_2653654.jpg) > [I considered the British as our natural enemies, and as the only nation on earth who wished us ill from the bottom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-considered-the-british-as-our-natural-enemies-and-as-the-only/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/thomas-jefferson-43_bonfire_i-considered-the-british-as-our-natural_1084913.jpg) > [There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/there-is-on-the-globe-one-single-spot-the-possessor-of-which-is-our/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1f/thomas-jefferson-43_enemy_there-is-on-the-globe-one-single-spot-th_1074132.jpg) > [It is a cruel thought, that, when we feel ourselves standing on the firmest ground in every respect, the cursed arts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-a-cruel-thought-that-when-we-feel-ourselves-standing-on-the/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/thomas-jefferson-43_arms_it-is-a-cruel-thought-that-when-we-feel_987411.jpg) > [A good cause is often injured more by ill-timed efforts of its friends than by the arguments of its enemies. Persuasion, perseverance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-good-cause-is-often-injured-more-by-ill-timed-efforts-of-its/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/thomas-jefferson-43_argument_a-good-cause-is-often-injured-more-by-il_488916.jpg) > [ We must endeavor to forget our former love for them \[the British\] and to hold them, as we hold the rest of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-must-endeavor-to-forget-our-former-love-for-them-the-british-and/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14b/thomas-jefferson-43_british_we-must-endeavor-to-forget-our-former-lo_1323048.jpg) > [If we suffer ourselves to be frightened from our post by mere lying, surely the enemy will use that weapon; for what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/if-we-suffer-ourselves-to-be-frightened-from-our-post-by-mere-lying/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/thomas-jefferson-43_enemy_if-we-suffer-ourselves-to-be-frightened_943380.jpg) > [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/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/thomas-jefferson-43_arms_i-believe-from-what-i-have-lately-seen-t_1707209.jpg) > [But is an enemy so execrable that tho in captivity his wishes and comforts are to be disregarded and even crossed? I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/but-is-an-enemy-so-execrable-that-tho-in-captivity-his-wishes-and/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/thomas-jefferson-43_benefits_but-is-an-enemy-so-execrable-that-tho-in_1743633.jpg) > [The uniform tenor of a man's life furnishes better evidence of what he has said or done on any particular occasion than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-uniform-tenor-of-a-man-s-life-furnishes-better-evidence-of-what/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bd/thomas-jefferson-43_done_the-uniform-tenor-of-a-man-s-life-furnis_2271637.jpg) > [When a uniform exercise of kindness to prisoners on our part has been returned by as uniform severity on the part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/when-a-uniform-exercise-of-kindness-to-prisoners-on-our-part-has-been/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/thomas-jefferson-43_benevolence_when-a-uniform-exercise-of-kindness-to-p_2354926.jpg) ## Other authors on Enemy - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sun-tzu-87907.jpg) Sun Tzu 188 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/sun-tzu/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 48 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. 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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/enemy/thomas-jefferson/#itemlist", "name": "28 Enemy Quotes By Thomas Jefferson", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.", "creator": { "@type": 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