--- title: "19 Found Quotes By Thomas Jefferson" description: "19 Found quotes by Thomas Jefferson. Plus more from Thomas Jefferson and more Found sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/thomas-jefferson-43_duty_the-interests-of-a-nation-when-well-unde_91235.jpg" --- > [The interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral duties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-interests-of-a-nation-when-well-understood-will-be-found-to/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/thomas-jefferson-43_duty_the-interests-of-a-nation-when-well-unde_91235.jpg) > [If thinking men would have the courage to think for themselves, and to speak what they think, it would be found they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/if-thinking-men-would-have-the-courage-to-think-for-themselves-and-to/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/thomas-jefferson-43_courage_if-thinking-men-would-have-the-courage-t_3226849.jpg) > [ No other depositories of power \[but the people themselves\] have ever yet been found, which did not end in converting to their… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/no-other-depositories-of-power-but-the-people-themselves-have-ever/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/thomas-jefferson-43_committed_no-other-depositories-of-power-but-the-p_1962736.jpg) > [Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/does-the-government-fear-us-or-do-we-fear-the-government-when-the/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ec/thomas-jefferson-43_doe_does-the-government-fear-us-or-do-we-fea_682442.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) > [With nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable from our moral duties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/with-nations-as-with-individuals-our-interests-soundly-calculated/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f29/thomas-jefferson-43_duty_with-nations-as-with-individuals-our-int_975797.jpg) > [I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, where it is found necessary, than to assume it by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-had-rather-ask-an-enlargement-of-power-from-the-nation-where-it-is/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d21/thomas-jefferson-43_asks_i-had-rather-ask-an-enlargement-of-power_1969768.jpg) > [I had always hoped that the younger generation receiving their early impressions after the flame of liberty had been kindled in every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-had-always-hoped-that-the-younger-generation-receiving-their-early/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/thomas-jefferson-43_breasts_i-had-always-hoped-that-the-younger-gene_2471110.jpg) > [It is so difficult to draw a clear line of separation between the abuse and the wholesome use of the press, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-so-difficult-to-draw-a-clear-line-of-separation-between-the/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/thomas-jefferson-43_abuse_it-is-so-difficult-to-draw-a-clear-line_2789222.jpg) > [I am persuaded myself that the good sense of the people will always be found to be the best army. They may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-am-persuaded-myself-that-the-good-sense-of-the-people-will-always/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/thomas-jefferson-43_army_i-am-persuaded-myself-that-the-good-sens_112769.jpg) > [Perhaps it will be found that to obtain a just republic (and it is to secure our just rights that we resort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/perhaps-it-will-be-found-that-to-obtain-a-just-republic-and-it-is-to/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdf/thomas-jefferson-43_council_perhaps-it-will-be-found-that-to-obtain_3118268.jpg) > [Having always observed that public works are much less advantageously managed than the same are by private hands, I have thought it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/having-always-observed-that-public-works-are-much-less-advantageously/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dd/thomas-jefferson-43_competition_having-always-observed-that-public-works_2537534.jpg) > [We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-are-firmly-convinced-and-we-act-on-that-conviction-that-with/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/thomas-jefferson-43_armament_we-are-firmly-convinced-and-we-act-on-th_301105.jpg) > [It is (our) duty . . . to pay especial attention to the principles of government which shall be inculcated therein (at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-our-duty-to-pay-especial-attention-to-the-principles-of/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/thomas-jefferson-43_attention_it-is-our-duty-to-pay-especial-attention_1064649.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) > [It is well known, that on the Ohio, and in many parts of America further north, tusks, grinders, and skeletons of unparalleled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-well-known-that-on-the-ohio-and-in-many-parts-of-america/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/thomas-jefferson-43_america_it-is-well-known-that-on-the-ohio-and-in_867569.jpg) > [No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the fact,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/no-experiment-can-be-more-interesting-than-that-we-are-now-trying-and/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dba/thomas-jefferson-43_action_no-experiment-can-be-more-interesting-th_725668.jpg) > [ The Constitution on which our Union rests, shall be administered by me \[as President\] according to the safe and honest meaning contemplated… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-constitution-on-which-our-union-rests-shall-be-administered-by-me/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/thomas-jefferson-43_adoption_the-constitution-on-which-our-union-rest_929558.jpg) > [In matters of religion, I have considered that its free exercise is placed by the Constitution independent of the powers of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/in-matters-of-religion-i-have-considered-that-its-free-exercise-is/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/928/thomas-jefferson-43_authority_in-matters-of-religion-i-have-considered_2300878.jpg) ## Other authors on Found ## 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/found/thomas-jefferson/#itemlist", "name": "19 Found Quotes By Thomas Jefferson", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral duties.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-interests-of-a-nation-when-well-understood-will-be-found-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/thomas-jefferson-43_duty_the-interests-of-a-nation-when-well-unde_91235.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/thomas-jefferson-43_duty_the-interests-of-a-nation-when-well-unde_91235.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/thomas-jefferson-43_duty_the-interests-of-a-nation-when-well-unde_91235.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral duties.” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If thinking men would have the courage to think for themselves, and to speak what they think, it would be found they do not differ in religious opinions as much as is supposed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/if-thinking-men-would-have-the-courage-to-think-for-themselves-and-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/thomas-jefferson-43_courage_if-thinking-men-would-have-the-courage-t_3226849.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/thomas-jefferson-43_courage_if-thinking-men-would-have-the-courage-t_3226849.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/thomas-jefferson-43_courage_if-thinking-men-would-have-the-courage-t_3226849.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If thinking men would have the courage to think for themselves, and to speak what they think, it would be…” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No other depositories of power [but the people themselves] have ever yet been found, which did not end in converting to their own profit the earnings of those committed to their charge.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/no-other-depositories-of-power-but-the-people-themselves-have-ever/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/thomas-jefferson-43_committed_no-other-depositories-of-power-but-the-p_1962736.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/thomas-jefferson-43_committed_no-other-depositories-of-power-but-the-p_1962736.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/thomas-jefferson-43_committed_no-other-depositories-of-power-but-the-p_1962736.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No other depositories of power [but the people themselves] have ever yet been found, which did not end in…” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Does the government fear us? 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