--- title: "8 Gains Quotes By Thomas Jefferson" description: "8 Gains quotes by Thomas Jefferson. Plus more from Thomas Jefferson and more Gains sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac4/thomas-jefferson-43_acceptance_the-selfish-spirit-of-commerce-which-kno_56488.jpg" --- > [The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-selfish-spirit-of-commerce-which-knows-no-country-and-feels-no/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac4/thomas-jefferson-43_acceptance_the-selfish-spirit-of-commerce-which-kno_56488.jpg) > [The evils which of necessity encompass the life of man are sufficiently numerous. Why should we add to them by voluntarily distressing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-evils-which-of-necessity-encompass-the-life-of-man-are/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe2/thomas-jefferson-43_add_the-evils-which-of-necessity-encompass-t_284415.jpg) > [Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/merchants-have-no-country-the-mere-spot-they-stand-on-does-not/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/thomas-jefferson-43_attachment_merchants-have-no-country-the-mere-spot_1446127.jpg) > [Such is the moral construction of the world that no national crime passes unpunished in the long run... Were present oppressors to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/such-is-the-moral-construction-of-the-world-that-no-national-crime/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/thomas-jefferson-43_brother_such-is-the-moral-construction-of-the-wo_2144134.jpg) > [Never suppose that in any possible situation or under any circumstances that it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/never-suppose-that-in-any-possible-situation-or-under-any/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/034/thomas-jefferson-43_arise_never-suppose-that-in-any-possible-situa_2540205.jpg) > [I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-think-all-the-world-would-gain-by-setting-commerce-at-perfect/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a0/thomas-jefferson-43_business_i-think-all-the-world-would-gain-by-sett_2769422.jpg) > [The great object of my fear is the federal judiciary. That body, like gravity, ever acting, with noiseless foot, and unalarming advance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-great-object-of-my-fear-is-the-federal-judiciary-that-body-like/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f97/thomas-jefferson-43_acting_the-great-object-of-my-fear-is-the-feder_2873296.jpg) > [Well, Page, I do wish the Devil had old Cooke, for I am sure I never was so tired of an old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/well-page-i-do-wish-the-devil-had-old-cooke-for-i-am-sure-i-never-was/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c64/thomas-jefferson-43_devil_well-page-i-do-wish-the-devil-had-old-co_3005251.jpg) ## Other authors on Gains ## 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/gains/thomas-jefferson/#itemlist", "name": "8 Gains Quotes By Thomas Jefferson", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-selfish-spirit-of-commerce-which-knows-no-country-and-feels-no/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac4/thomas-jefferson-43_acceptance_the-selfish-spirit-of-commerce-which-kno_56488.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac4/thomas-jefferson-43_acceptance_the-selfish-spirit-of-commerce-which-kno_56488.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac4/thomas-jefferson-43_acceptance_the-selfish-spirit-of-commerce-which-kno_56488.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain.” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The evils which of necessity encompass the life of man are sufficiently numerous. 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