All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- 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
- ours are the only farmers who can read Homer Educational
- music, drawing, books, invention & exercise will be so many resources to you against ennui. Book
- Travelling. ... when men of sober age travel, they gather knowlege which they may apply usefully for their country Age
- the study of the law is useful in a variety of points of view. it qualifies a man to be useful to himself, to his… Educational
- I join you therefore in branding as cowardly the idea that the human mind is incapable of further advances. Advances
- the field of knolege is the common property of all mankind All
- we defer therefore till this time twelve month to avail ourselves of the instruction of that place, and particularly of your kindness in the two… Apply
- letters are not the first, but the last step in the progression from barbarism to civilisation. Barbarism
- in the spring he will attend your botanical course. his natural turn is very strongly to the objects of your two courses of lectures, and… Attend
- the boys of the rising generation are to be the men of the next, and the sole guardians of the principles we deliver over to… Boys