All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- Religious leaders will always avail themselves of public ignorance for their own purpose. Always Avail
- Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in… Acknowledge
- [Emigrants] will bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or, if able to throw off, it will… Able
- The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The… Agitation
- It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which bind each of… Absurd
- The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also. Human Nature
- If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence. Gave
- We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people whatever. All
- I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands. Always Said
- The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best. All
- It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature, and to arm them with… Arm
- Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness. Arch
- Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country. Country
- All authority belongs to the people... In questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief… All
- Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of… Any
- When all government ...in little as in great things... shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power; it will render powerless the… All
- Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment. Business
- Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you. Buy
- No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is all from which the laws ought to… Aggression
- Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those whom… Bind
- I tolerate with the utmost latitude the right of others to differ from me in opinion without imputing to them criminality. Criminality
- A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth. Blessing
- The true theory of our Constitution is surely the wisest and best, that the states are independent as to everything within themselves and united as… Best
- It is not the policy of the government in America to give aid to works of any kind. They let things take their natural course… Aid
- Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise. Agriculture