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title: "48 Mean Quotes By Thomas Jefferson"
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> [For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/for-a-people-who-are-free-and-who-mean-to-remain-so-a-well-organized/)

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> [Although our prospect is peace, our policy and purpose are to provide for defense by all those means to which our resources…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/although-our-prospect-is-peace-our-policy-and-purpose-are-to-provide/)

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> [The right to use a thing comprehends a right to the means necessary to its use, and without which it would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-right-to-use-a-thing-comprehends-a-right-to-the-means-necessary/)

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> [A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-prince-whose-character-is-thus-marked-by-every-act-which-may-define/)

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> [Men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/men-are-disposed-to-live-honestly-if-the-means-of-doing-so-are-open/)

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> [We do not mean to count or weigh our contributions by any standard other than that of our abilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-do-not-mean-to-count-or-weigh-our-contributions-by-any-standard/)

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> [I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-wish-it-were-possible-to-obtain-a-single-amendment-to-our/)

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> [To be really useful, we must keep pace with the state of society, and not dishearten it by attempts at what its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/to-be-really-useful-we-must-keep-pace-with-the-state-of-society-and/)

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> [The man who loves his country on its own account, and not merely for its trappings of interest or power, can never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-man-who-loves-his-country-on-its-own-account-and-not-merely-for/)

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> [Stock dealers and banking companies, by the aid of a paper system, are enriching themselves to the ruin of our country, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/stock-dealers-and-banking-companies-by-the-aid-of-a-paper-system-are/)

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> [Those who have once got an ascendancy, and possessed themselves of all the resources of the nation, their revenues and offices, have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/those-who-have-once-got-an-ascendancy-and-possessed-themselves-of-all/)

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> [It is unfortunate that the efforts of mankind to recover the freedom of which they have been so long deprived, will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-unfortunate-that-the-efforts-of-mankind-to-recover-the-freedom/)

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> [A right to property is founded in our natural wants, in the means with which we are endowed to satisfy these wants,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-right-to-property-is-founded-in-our-natural-wants-in-the-means-with/)

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> [Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/laws-are-made-for-men-of-ordinary-understanding-and-should-therefore/)

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> [... legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property... Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/legislators-cannot-invent-too-many-devices-for-subdividing-property/)

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> [To all of which is added a selection from the elementary schools of subjects of the most promising genius, whose parents are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/to-all-of-which-is-added-a-selection-from-the-elementary-schools-of/)

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> [The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation, is ever more dangerous. Jesus had to work on the perilous confines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-office-of-reformer-of-the-superstitions-of-a-nation-is-ever-more/)

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> [A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-strict-observance-of-the-written-laws-is-doubtless-one-of-the/)

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> [Sir, Your letter of the 15th is received, but Age has long since obliged me to withhold my mind from Speculations of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/sir-your-letter-of-the-15th-is-received-but-age-has-long-since/)

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> [It would reduce the whole instrument to a single phrase, that of instituting a Congress with power to do whatever would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-would-reduce-the-whole-instrument-to-a-single-phrase-that-of/)

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> [The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-basis-of-our-governments-being-the-opinion-of-the-people-the-very/)

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> [Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object: the public good; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/both-of-our-political-parties-at-least-the-honest-portion-of-them/)

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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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> [Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/were-it-left-to-me-to-decide-whether-we-should-have-a-government/)

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> [If virtuous, the government need not fear the fair operation of attack and defense. Nature has given to man no other means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/if-virtuous-the-government-need-not-fear-the-fair-operation-of-attack/)

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> [It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-of-great-importance-to-set-a-resolution-not-to-be-shaken-never/)

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> [I believe we may lessen the danger of buying and selling votes, by making the number of voters too great for any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-believe-we-may-lessen-the-danger-of-buying-and-selling-votes-by/)

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> [Religion, morality, and knowledge are necessary for good government... Therefore schools and the means of educating the people should always be encouraged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/religion-morality-and-knowledge-are-necessary-for-good-government/)

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> [I do not believe war the most certain means of enforcing principles. Those peaceable coercions which are in the power of every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-do-not-believe-war-the-most-certain-means-of-enforcing-principles/)

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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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> [I may err in my measures, but never shall deflect from the intention to fortify the public liberty by every possible means,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-may-err-in-my-measures-but-never-shall-deflect-from-the-intention/)

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> [The people are not always well-informed, but is better that they have misconceptions that make them restless than that they be lethargic-for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-people-are-not-always-well-informed-but-is-better-that-they-have/)

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> [When great evils happen, I am in the habit of looking out for what good may arise from them as consolations to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/when-great-evils-happen-i-am-in-the-habit-of-looking-out-for-what/)

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> [One imputation in particular has been repeated till it seems as if some at least believed it: that I am an enemy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/one-imputation-in-particular-has-been-repeated-till-it-seems-as-if/)

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> [I recoil with horror at the ferociousness of man. Will nations never devise a more rational umpire of differences than force? Are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-recoil-with-horror-at-the-ferociousness-of-man-will-nations-never/)

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> [It is not to the moderation and justice of others we are to trust for fair and equal access to market with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-not-to-the-moderation-and-justice-of-others-we-are-to-trust-for/)

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> [It is Mortifying to suppose it possible that a people able and zealous to contend with the Enemy should be reduced to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-mortifying-to-suppose-it-possible-that-a-people-able-and/)

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> [It is not too soon to provide by every possible means that as few as possible shall be without a little portion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-not-too-soon-to-provide-by-every-possible-means-that-as-few-as/)

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> [Nothing but a necessity invincible by any other means can justify ... a prostitution of laws, which constitute the pillars of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/nothing-but-a-necessity-invincible-by-any-other-means-can-justify-a/)

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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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## 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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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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