All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- Wine brightens the life and thinking of anyone Anyone
- We could in the United States make as great a variety of wines as are made in Europe, not exactly of the same kinds, but… Doubtless
- I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man. Any
- Are we to have a censor whose imprimatur shall say what books may be sold, and what we may buy? And who is thus to… All
- My heart trembles when I reflect that God is just Democracy
- I, place economy among the first & most important republican virtues, & public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared Among
- The failure of one thing is repaired by the success of another. Failure
- The concentrating of powers in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation that these powers will be… Alleviation
- Your own reason is the only oracle given to you by God. Given
- A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one of the most… Citizens
- Every male citizen of the commonwealth, liable to taxes or to militia duty in any county, shall have a right to vote for representatives for… Any
- Should things go wrong at any time, the people will set them to rights by the peaceable exercise of their elective rights. Any
- The elective franchise, if guarded as the ark of our safety, will peaceably dissipate all combinations to subvert a Constitution, dictated by the wisdom, and… All
- The rational and peacable instrument of reform, the suffrage of the people. Instrument
- I discharge every person under punishment or prosecution under the Sedition Law, because I considered, and now consider, that law to be a nullity as… Absolute
- The patriot, like the Christian, must learn to bear revilings and persecutions as a part of his duty; and in proportion as the trial is… Bear
- An honest heart being the first blessing, a knowing head is the second. Blessing
- I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude Capitalism
- When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and… Among
- The people will not understand the importance of the Second Amendment until it is too late. Amendment
- Law is often the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual. Individual
- To your request of my opinion of the manner in which a newspaper should be conducted, so as to be most useful, I should answer,… Abandoned
- Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government. Engine
- Although our prospect is peace, our policy and purpose are to provide for defense by all those means to which our resources are competent. All
- The power of making war often prevents it, and in our case would give efficacy to our desire of peace. Case