--- title: "9 Favors Quotes By Thomas Jefferson" description: "9 Favors quotes by Thomas Jefferson. Plus more from Thomas Jefferson and more Favors sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/thomas-jefferson-43_favors_i-shall-need-too-the-favor-of-that-being_667324.jpg" --- > [I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our forefathers, as Israel of old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-shall-need-too-the-favor-of-that-being-in-whose-hands-we-are-who/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/thomas-jefferson-43_favors_i-shall-need-too-the-favor-of-that-being_667324.jpg) > [One precedent in favor of power is stronger than a hundred against it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/one-precedent-in-favor-of-power-is-stronger-than-a-hundred-against-it/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/thomas-jefferson-43_favors_one-precedent-in-favor-of-power-is-stron_1406477.jpg) > [I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our fathers, as Israel of old,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-shall-need-too-the-favor-of-that-being-in-whose-hands-we-are-who-2/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/thomas-jefferson-43_comfort_i-shall-need-too-the-favor-of-that-being_1757054.jpg) > [I have learnt to expect that it will rarely fall to the lot of imperfect man to retire from this station with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-have-learnt-to-expect-that-it-will-rarely-fall-to-the-lot-of/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/thomas-jefferson-43_fall_i-have-learnt-to-expect-that-it-will-rar_639537.jpg) > [My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war-and I hope it is practicable, by improving the mind and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/my-views-and-feelings-are-in-favor-of-the-abolition-of-war-and-i-hope/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/728/thomas-jefferson-43_abolition_my-views-and-feelings-are-in-favor-of-th_1979348.jpg) > [You have not been mistaken in supposing my views and feeling to be in favor of the abolition of war. Of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/you-have-not-been-mistaken-in-supposing-my-views-and-feeling-to-be-in/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77f/thomas-jefferson-43_abolition_you-have-not-been-mistaken-in-supposing_184816.jpg) > [Let it be signified to me through any channelthat the possession of the Floridas would be desirable to the United States, andin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/let-it-be-signified-to-me-through-any-channelthat-the-possession-of/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba7/thomas-jefferson-43_accomplished_let-it-be-signified-to-me-through-any-ch_2231601.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) > [The constitution has divided the powers of government into three branches, Legislative, Executive and Judiciary, lodging each with a distinct magistracy. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-constitution-has-divided-the-powers-of-government-into-three/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dc/thomas-jefferson-43_articles_the-constitution-has-divided-the-powers_554776.jpg) ## Other authors on Favors ## 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/favors/thomas-jefferson/#itemlist", "name": "9 Favors Quotes By Thomas Jefferson", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our 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