Liberty Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

Light and liberty go together.

— Thomas Jefferson

Without virtue, happiness cannot be.

— Thomas Jefferson

The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us.

— Thomas Jefferson

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

— Thomas Jefferson

Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

— Thomas Jefferson

Dependence leads to subservience.

— Thomas Jefferson

We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.

— Thomas Jefferson

I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude

— Thomas Jefferson

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both in proportion as it…

— Thomas Jefferson

Our attachment to no nation on earth should supplant our attachment to liberty.

— Thomas Jefferson

The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty ... students perusal of the sacred volume will make us better citizens.

— Thomas Jefferson

Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.

— Thomas Jefferson

Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you.

— Thomas Jefferson

All men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

— Thomas Jefferson

If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.

— Thomas Jefferson

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.

— Thomas Jefferson

It's only merit was in being the first publication which carried the claim of our rights their whole length, and asserted that…

— Thomas Jefferson

To consider judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place…

— 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…

— Thomas Jefferson

“How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!”

— Thomas Jefferson

I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean…

— Thomas Jefferson

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is all from which the…

— Thomas Jefferson

The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to.”

— Thomas Jefferson

Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. ... With hearts fortified ... we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare…

— Thomas Jefferson

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do…

— Thomas Jefferson

Let us, then, fellow citizens, unite with one heart and one mind. Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection…

— Thomas Jefferson

He [Washington] has often declared to me that he considered our new constitution as an experiment on the practicability of republican government,…

— Thomas Jefferson

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason,…

— Thomas Jefferson

The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance…

— Thomas Jefferson

MORAL LAW, Evidence of.- Man has been subjected by his Creator to the moral law, of which his feelings, or conscience as…

— Thomas Jefferson

The care of every man's soul belongs to himself. But what if he neglect the care of it? Well what if he…

— Thomas Jefferson

He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it's most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of…

— Thomas Jefferson

Why suspend the habeas corpus in insurrections and rebellions? Examine the history of England. See how few of the cases of the…

— Thomas Jefferson

I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or…

— Thomas Jefferson

No person shall be restrained of his liberty but by regular process from a court of justice, authorized by a general law.…

— Thomas Jefferson

I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the…

— Thomas Jefferson

Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to…

— Thomas Jefferson

Political dissension is doubtless a less evil than the lethargy of despotism: but still it is a great evil, and it would…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance…

— Thomas Jefferson