It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Let us, then, fellow citizens, unite with one heart and one mind. Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
You have not been mistaken in supposing my views and feeling to be in favor of the abolition of war. Of my… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. Enable them to see that it is their interest to preserve peace and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation, even of that which has injured us most. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The evils which of necessity encompass the life of man are sufficiently numerous. Why should we add to them by voluntarily distressing… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I love peace, and am anxious that we should give the world still another useful lesson, by showing to them other modes… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I see the necessity of sacrificing our opinions sometimes to the opinions of others for the sake of harmony. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I am ever unwilling that [peace] should be disturbed as long as the rights and interests of the nations can be preserved.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The following [addition to the Bill of Rights] would have pleased me: The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We love and we value peace; we know its blessings from experience. We abhor the follies of war, and are not untried… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
They are nations of eternal war. All their energies are expended in the destruction of the labor, property, and lives of their… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If the question [before justices of the peace] relate to any point of public liberty, or if it be one of those… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I value peace, and I should unwillingly see any event take place which would render war a necessary resource. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The advocate of religious freedom is to expect neither peace nor forgiveness from [the clergy]. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Trial by jury is part of the bright constellation which leads to peace, liberty and safety. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everyone is standing around reloading” — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is an essential attribute of the jurisdiction of every country to preserve peace, to punish acts in breach of it, and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by rendering them my supreme delight. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
That peace, safety, and concord may be the portion of our native land, and be long enjoyed by our fellow-citizens, is the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A man has a right to use a saw, an axe, a plane, separately; may he not combine their uses on the same piece… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[States and the Federal government are] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Perceiving the order of nature to be that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue, I am willing to hope it… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There is... an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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