All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- what is wanting to restore us to our station among our confederates? not more money from the people. enough has been raised by them, and… Among
- The Petition of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Chapman Johnson, Joseph C. Cabell, James Breckenridge, John Hartwell Cocke, and Robert Taylor the Rector and Visitors of… Chapman
- I look to the diffusion of light and education as the resource most to be relied on for ameliorating the condition, promoting the virtue and… Advancing
- the qualifications for self-government in society are not innate. they are the result of habit and long training. Educational
- Victory and defeat are each of the same price. Defeat
- Wake up, dream, have the ambition to do the things you have always dreamed of, go farther than any man has ever been before, go… Achieve
- Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous and they are tied to… Band
- I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural. Agricultural
- Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness. Agriculture
- War...is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer. Inspirational
- This I hope will be the age of experiments in government, and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty, not of mere… Age
- I know of no safe depository of the ultimate power of the society but the people themselves. Depository
- They are nations of eternal war. All their energies are expended in the destruction of the labor, property, and lives of their people. All
- But though an old man, I am but a young gardener. Garden
- I never before knew the full value of trees. Under them I breakfast, dine, write, read and receive my company. Breakfast
- The sun has not caught me in bed in fifty years. Bed
- No nation is drunken where wine is cheap, and none sober where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage Alcohol
- I wish to see this beverage become common instead of the whiskey which kills sone-third of our citizens and ruins their families. Become Common
- The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please. Any
- Evil triumphs when good men do nothing. Evil