--- title: "7 Engines Quotes By Thomas Jefferson" description: "7 Engines quotes by Thomas Jefferson. Plus more from Thomas Jefferson and more Engines sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/505/thomas-jefferson-43_anti-christ_the-clergy-converted-the-simple-teaching_92180.jpg" --- > [The clergy converted the simple teachings of Jesus into an engine for enslaving mankind and adulterated by artificial constructions into a contrivance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-clergy-converted-the-simple-teachings-of-jesus-into-an-engine-for/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/505/thomas-jefferson-43_anti-christ_the-clergy-converted-the-simple-teaching_92180.jpg) > [War is not the best engine for us to resort to; nature has given us one in our commerce, which if properly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/war-is-not-the-best-engine-for-us-to-resort-to-nature-has-given-us/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/thomas-jefferson-43_business_war-is-not-the-best-engine-for-us-to-res_324751.jpg) > [The flames kindled on the Fourth of July, 1776, have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-flames-kindled-on-the-fourth-of-july-1776-have-spread-over-too/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/thomas-jefferson-43_civil-rights_the-flames-kindled-on-the-fourth-of-july_731467.jpg) > [The Greeks by their laws, and the Romans by the spirit of their people, took care to put into the hands of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-greeks-by-their-laws-and-the-romans-by-the-spirit-of-their-people/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/thomas-jefferson-43_age_the-greeks-by-their-laws-and-the-romans_1823151.jpg) > [The clergy, by getting themselves established by law and in-grafted into the machine of government, have been a very formidable engine against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-clergy-by-getting-themselves-established-by-law-and-in-grafted/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/thomas-jefferson-43_christianity_the-clergy-by-getting-themselves-establi_2776235.jpg) > [So much of the presidency is a matter of standing in the path of a Newsham Engine for Quenching Fires, opening one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/so-much-of-the-presidency-is-a-matter-of-standing-in-the-path-of-a/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/678/thomas-jefferson-43_attempting_so-much-of-the-presidency-is-a-matter-of_3124751.jpg) > [And say, finally, whether peace is best preserved by giving energy to the government or information to the people. This last is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/and-say-finally-whether-peace-is-best-preserved-by-giving-energy-to/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3c/thomas-jefferson-43_convince_and-say-finally-whether-peace-is-best-pr_3216602.jpg) ## Other authors on Engines ## 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/engines/thomas-jefferson/#itemlist", "name": "7 Engines Quotes By Thomas Jefferson", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The clergy converted the simple teachings of Jesus into an engine for enslaving mankind and adulterated by artificial constructions into a contrivance to filch wealth and power to themselves...these clergy, in fact, constitute the real Anti-Christ.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-clergy-converted-the-simple-teachings-of-jesus-into-an-engine-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/505/thomas-jefferson-43_anti-christ_the-clergy-converted-the-simple-teaching_92180.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/505/thomas-jefferson-43_anti-christ_the-clergy-converted-the-simple-teaching_92180.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/505/thomas-jefferson-43_anti-christ_the-clergy-converted-the-simple-teaching_92180.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The clergy converted the simple teachings of Jesus into an engine for enslaving mankind and adulterated by…” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "War is not the best engine for us to resort to; nature has given us one in our commerce, which if properly managed, will be a better instrument for obliging the interested nations of Europe to treat us with justice.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/war-is-not-the-best-engine-for-us-to-resort-to-nature-has-given-us/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/thomas-jefferson-43_business_war-is-not-the-best-engine-for-us-to-res_324751.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/thomas-jefferson-43_business_war-is-not-the-best-engine-for-us-to-res_324751.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/thomas-jefferson-43_business_war-is-not-the-best-engine-for-us-to-res_324751.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“War is not the best engine for us to resort to; nature has given us one in our commerce, which if properly…” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The flames kindled on the Fourth of July, 1776, have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by the feeble engines of despotism; on the contrary, they will consume these engines and all who work them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-flames-kindled-on-the-fourth-of-july-1776-have-spread-over-too/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/thomas-jefferson-43_civil-rights_the-flames-kindled-on-the-fourth-of-july_731467.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/thomas-jefferson-43_civil-rights_the-flames-kindled-on-the-fourth-of-july_731467.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/thomas-jefferson-43_civil-rights_the-flames-kindled-on-the-fourth-of-july_731467.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The flames kindled on the Fourth of July, 1776, have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by…” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Greeks by their laws, and the Romans by the spirit of their people, took care to put into the hands of their rulers no such engine of oppression as a standing army. 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