--- title: "17 Ought Quotes By Thomas Jefferson" description: "17 Ought quotes by Thomas Jefferson. Plus more from Thomas Jefferson and more Ought sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/thomas-jefferson-43_certain_government-is-being-founded-on-opinion-t_2251971.jpg" --- > [Government is being founded on opinion, the opinion of the public, even when it is wrong, ought to be respected to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/government-is-being-founded-on-opinion-the-opinion-of-the-public-even/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/thomas-jefferson-43_certain_government-is-being-founded-on-opinion-t_2251971.jpg) > [No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/no-provision-in-our-constitution-ought-to-be-dearer-to-man-than-that/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/thomas-jefferson-43_america_no-provision-in-our-constitution-ought-t_980241.jpg) > [It is rare that the public sentiment decides immorally or unwisely, and the individual who differs from it ought to distrust and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-rare-that-the-public-sentiment-decides-immorally-or-unwisely/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6e/thomas-jefferson-43_distrust_it-is-rare-that-the-public-sentiment-dec_385907.jpg) > [The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us. we ought, for so dear a stake, to sacrifice every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-last-hope-of-human-liberty-in-this-world-rests-on-us-we-ought-for/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/658/thomas-jefferson-43_attachment_the-last-hope-of-human-liberty-in-this-w_3197235.jpg) > [We ought not to schismatize on either men or measures. Principles alone can justify that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-ought-not-to-schismatize-on-either-men-or-measures-principles/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/thomas-jefferson-43_justify_we-ought-not-to-schismatize-on-either-me_1013743.jpg) > [That one hundred and fifty lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/that-one-hundred-and-fifty-lawyers-should-do-business-together-ought/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/thomas-jefferson-43_business_that-one-hundred-and-fifty-lawyers-shoul_743544.jpg) > [A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-share-in-the-sovereignty-of-the-state-which-is-exercised-by-the/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/thomas-jefferson-43_citizens_a-share-in-the-sovereignty-of-the-state_3025545.jpg) > [Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reeactments, because a constant hold, by the nation, of the strings of the public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/taxes-should-be-continued-by-annual-or-biennial-reeactments-because-a/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e2/thomas-jefferson-43_annuals_taxes-should-be-continued-by-annual-or-b_979430.jpg) > [The construction applied . . . to those parts of the Constitution of the United States which delegate Congress a power .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-construction-applied-to-those-parts-of-the-constitution-of-the/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc5/thomas-jefferson-43_congress_the-construction-applied-to-those-parts_1499098.jpg) > [Born in the same land, we ought to live as brothers, doing to each other all the good we can, and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/born-in-the-same-land-we-ought-to-live-as-brothers-doing-to-each/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc1/thomas-jefferson-43_anti-war_born-in-the-same-land-we-ought-to-live-a_2653654.jpg) > [Every man wishes to pursue his occupation and to enjoy the fruits of his labours and the produce of his property in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/every-man-wishes-to-pursue-his-occupation-and-to-enjoy-the-fruits-of/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/thomas-jefferson-43_accomplished_every-man-wishes-to-pursue-his-occupatio_2792912.jpg) > [ The diffusion of information and the arraignment of all abuses at the bar of public reason, I deem \[one of\] the essential… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-diffusion-of-information-and-the-arraignment-of-all-abuses-at-the/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb3/thomas-jefferson-43_abuse_the-diffusion-of-information-and-the-arr_2602644.jpg) > [The interests of the States... ought to be made joint in every possible instance in order to cultivate the idea of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-interests-of-the-states-ought-to-be-made-joint-in-every-possible/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/thomas-jefferson-43_congress_the-interests-of-the-states-ought-to-be_176215.jpg) > [During the late war I had an infallible rule for deciding what Great Britain would do on every occasion. It was, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/during-the-late-war-i-had-an-infallible-rule-for-deciding-what-great/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/thomas-jefferson-43_britain_during-the-late-war-i-had-an-infallible_1359845.jpg) > [We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident-that-all-men-are-created-5/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/thomas-jefferson-43_certain_we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident_2464975.jpg) > [If, then, the control of the people over the organs of their government be the measure of its republicanism, and I confess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/if-then-the-control-of-the-people-over-the-organs-of-their-government/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/thomas-jefferson-43_agents_if-then-the-control-of-the-people-over-t_1068404.jpg) > [The principle of the Constitution is that of a separation of legislative, Executive and Judiciary functions, except in cases specified. If this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-principle-of-the-constitution-is-that-of-a-separation-of/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/810/thomas-jefferson-43_cases_the-principle-of-the-constitution-is-tha_2153327.jpg) ## Other authors on Ought ## 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/ought/thomas-jefferson/#itemlist", "name": "17 Ought Quotes By Thomas Jefferson", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Government is being founded on opinion, the opinion of the public, even when 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