All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- The germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal judiciary; an irresponsible body, (for impeachment is scarcely a scare-crow)… Advancing
- It has also been a great solace to me, to believe that you are engaged in vindicating to posterity the course we have pursued for… Acquiring
- I had always hoped that the younger generation receiving their early impressions after the flame of liberty had been kindled in every breast . .… Always Hoped
- The fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follow that, and in its turn wretchedness and oppression. Debt
- I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere. Atmosphere
- Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reeactments, because a constant hold, by the nation, of the strings of the public purse is a… Annual
- Taxes should be proportioned to what may be annually spared by the individual. Annually
- Would it not be better to simplify the system of taxation rather than to spread it over such a variety of subjects and pass through… Better
- It must be observed that our revenues are raised almost wholly on imported goods. Almost Wholly
- Still less, let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our… Any
- Excessive taxation . . . will carry reason & reflection to every man's door, and particularly in the hour of election. Carry
- We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable… Act
- I have been happy . . . in believing that . . . whatever follies we may be led into as to foreign nations, we… Alone
- Still we did not expect to be without rubs and difficulties; and we have had them. First the detention of Western posts: then the coalition… Authorize
- [I]t seems that the Cannibals of Europe are going to eat one another again. A war between Russia and Turkey is like the battle of… Battle
- I hope we shall prove how much happier for man the Quaker policy is, and that the life of the feeder is better than that… Better
- We wish the happiness and prosperity of every nation. Every Nation
- [A] spirit of justice and friendly accomodation...is our duty and our interest to cultivate with all nations. Accomodation
- Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. Enemies
- I will not believe our labors are lost. I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on a steady advance. Advance
- But the fact being once established, that the press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood, I leave to others to restore it to… Abandon
- Natural rights [are] the objects for the protection of which society is formed and municipal laws established. Established
- The Declaration of Independence . . . [is the] declaratory charter of our rights, and the rights of man. Charter
- In America, no other distinction between man and man had ever been known but that of persons in office exercising powers by authority of the… America
- [The people] are in truth the only legitimate proprietors of the soil and government. Government