All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- 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
- The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to… Acts
- Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University… American
- I think it is a great error to consider a heavy tax on wines as a tax on luxury. On the contrary, it is a… Citizens
- The superiority of chocolate (hot chocolate), both for health and nourishment, will soon give it the same preference over tea and coffee in America which… America
- I have lived temperately....I double the doctor's recommendation of a glass and a half wine each day and even treble it with a friend. Day
- What we learn to do, we learn by doing. Educational
- The Earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in. Common
- Well, Page, I do wish the Devil had old Cooke, for I am sure I never was so tired of an old dull scoundrel in… Admired
- Books may be classed from the Faculties of the mind Book
- with respect to the distribution of your time the following is what I should approve. from 8. to 10 o'clock practise music. from 10. to… Approve
- life is of no value but as it brings gratifications. among the most valuable of these is rational society. it informs the mind, sweetens the… Among
- what are the objects of an useful American education? classical knowlege, modern languages & chiefly French, Spanish, & Italian; Mathematics; Natural philosophy; Natural History; Civil… American
- I think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowlege among the people. no other sure… Among
- preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish & improve the law for educating the common people. Common
- besides the comfort of knowlege, every science is auxiliary to every other. Auxiliary