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title: "63 Giving Quotes By Thomas Jefferson"
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> [Force cannot give right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/force-cannot-give-right/)

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> [The idea is quite unfounded that on entering into society we give up any natural rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-idea-is-quite-unfounded-that-on-entering-into-society-we-give-up/)

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> [When habit has strengthened our sense of duties, they leave us no time for other things; but when young we neglect them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/when-habit-has-strengthened-our-sense-of-duties-they-leave-us-no-time/)

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> [Shake hands with Pain, give greeting unto Grief, Those angels in disguise, and thy glad soul From height to height, from star…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/shake-hands-with-pain-give-greeting-unto-grief-those-angels-in/)

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> [Be assured that it gives much more pain to the mind to be in debt, than to do without any article whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/be-assured-that-it-gives-much-more-pain-to-the-mind-to-be-in-debt/)

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> [Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/give-up-money-give-up-fame-give-up-science-give-the-earth-itself-and-3/)

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> [Health, learning and virtue will ensure your happiness; they will give you a quiet conscience, private esteem and public honour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/health-learning-and-virtue-will-ensure-your-happiness-they-will-give-2/)

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> [Everyone has a natural right to choose that vocation in life which he thinks most likely gives him comfortable subsistence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/everyone-has-a-natural-right-to-choose-that-vocation-in-life-which-he/)

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> [The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-declaration-that-religious-faith-shall-be-unpunished-does-not/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [As you are entered with the class of Nat. philosophy, give to it the hours of lecture, but devote all your other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/as-you-are-entered-with-the-class-of-nat-philosophy-give-to-it-the/)

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> [The colleges of Edinburgh and Geneva as seminaries of science, are considered as the two eyes of Europe. While Great Britain and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-colleges-of-edinburgh-and-geneva-as-seminaries-of-science-are/)

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> [I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-candidly-confess-that-i-have-ever-looked-on-cuba-as-the-most/)

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> [I am not afraid of the 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-the-priests-they-have-tried-upon-me-all-their/)

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> [Considering the great importance to the public liberty of the freedom of the press, and the difficulty of submitting it to very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/considering-the-great-importance-to-the-public-liberty-of-the-freedom/)

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> [To history therefore I must refer for answer, in which it would be an unhappy passage indeed, which should shew by what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/to-history-therefore-i-must-refer-for-answer-in-which-it-would-be-an/)

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> [In reviewing the history of the times through which we have passed, no portion of it gives greater satisfaction or reflection, than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/in-reviewing-the-history-of-the-times-through-which-we-have-passed-no/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [The example of changing a constitution by assembling the wise men of the state, instead of assembling armies, will be worth as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-example-of-changing-a-constitution-by-assembling-the-wise-men-of/)

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> [The best (remedy) I can devise would be to give future commissions to (federal) judges for six years with a re-appointability by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-best-remedy-i-can-devise-would-be-to-give-future-commissions-to/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [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/)

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> [That this privilege of giving or of withholding our monies is an important barrier against the undue exertion of prerogative, which if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/that-this-privilege-of-giving-or-of-withholding-our-monies-is-an/)

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> [The most effectual means of preventing the perversion of power into tyranny are to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-most-effectual-means-of-preventing-the-perversion-of-power-into/)

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> [Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/give-up-money-give-up-fame-give-up-science-give-the-earth-itself-and/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [But the Chief Justice says, 'There must be an ultimate arbiter somewhere.' True, there must; but does that prove it is either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/but-the-chief-justice-says-there-must-be-an-ultimate-arbiter/)

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> [The value of science to a republican people, the security it gives to liberty by enlightening the minds of its citizens, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-value-of-science-to-a-republican-people-the-security-it-gives-to/)

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> [I never before knew the full value of trees…What would I not give that the trees planted nearest round the house at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-never-before-knew-the-full-value-of-trees-what-would-i-not-give/)

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> [Take more pleasure in giving what is best to another than in having it for yourself, and then all the world will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/take-more-pleasure-in-giving-what-is-best-to-another-than-in-having/)

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> [Every Christian sect gives a great handle to Atheism by their general dogma that, without a revelation, there would not be sufficient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/every-christian-sect-gives-a-great-handle-to-atheism-by-their-general/)

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> [It is not the policy of the government in America to give aid to works of any kind. They let things take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-not-the-policy-of-the-government-in-america-to-give-aid-to/)

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> [I have learned to be less confident in the conclusions of human reason, and give more credit to the honesty of contrary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-have-learned-to-be-less-confident-in-the-conclusions-of-human/)

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> [It is a principle that the right to a thing gives a right to the means without which it could not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-a-principle-that-the-right-to-a-thing-gives-a-right-to-the/)

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> [Peace with all nations, and the right which that gives us with respect to all nations, are our object.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/peace-with-all-nations-and-the-right-which-that-gives-us-with-respect/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [ \[We should be\] determined... to sever ourselves from the union we so much value rather than give up the rights of self-government...… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-should-be-determined-to-sever-ourselves-from-the-union-we-so-much/)

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> [The superiority of chocolate (hot chocolate), both for health and nourishment, will soon give it the same preference over tea and coffee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-superiority-of-chocolate-hot-chocolate-both-for-health-and/)

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> [The most effective means of preventing tyranny is to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people at large, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-most-effective-means-of-preventing-tyranny-is-to-illuminate-as/)

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> [Sir, no nation has ever yet existed or been governed without religion. Nor can be. The Christian religion is the best religion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/sir-no-nation-has-ever-yet-existed-or-been-governed-without-religion/)

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> [I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-suppose-indeed-that-in-public-life-a-man-whose-political-principles/)

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> [To make us one nation as to foreign concerns, and keep us distinct in Domestic ones gives the outline of the proper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/to-make-us-one-nation-as-to-foreign-concerns-and-keep-us-distinct-in/)

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> [Not less than two hours a day should be devoded to exercise, and weather should be little regarded. A person not sick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/not-less-than-two-hours-a-day-should-be-devoded-to-exercise-and/)

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## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [ \[States and the Federal government are\] 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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