All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- As for what is not true, you will always find abundance in the newspapers. Abundance
- A truth now and then projecting into the ocean of newspaper lies serves like headlands to correct our course. Indeed, my scepticism as to everything… Correct
- He who is permitted by law to have no property of his own, can with difficulty conceive that property is founded in anything but force. Conceive
- When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground. Command
- Experience having long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who are to act together for any common object, and the… Act
- [A]lthough a republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible. Becomes
- If, then, the control of the people over the organs of their government be the measure of its republicanism, and I confess I know no… Agents
- I considered 4 of these bills [of the revised code of Virginia] as forming a system by which every fibre would be eradicated of antient… Aristocracy
- [T]o preserve the republican form and principles of our Constitution and cleave to the salutary distribution of powers which that [the Constitution] has established .… Anchors
- The principle of the Constitution is that of a separation of legislative, Executive and Judiciary functions, except in cases specified. If this principle be not… Acted
- My construction of the constitution is very different from that you quote. It is that each department is truly independent of the others, and has… Act
- Peace with all nations, and the right which that gives us with respect to all nations, are our object. All
- That peace, safety, and concord may be the portion of our native land, and be long enjoyed by our fellow-citizens, is the most ardent wish… Ardent
- You have not been mistaken in supposing my views and feeling to be in favor of the abolition of war. Of my dispos[i]tion to maintain… Abolition
- Public employment contributes neither to advantage nor happiness. It is but honorable exile from one's family and affairs. Advantage
- Any woodsman can tell you that in a broken and sundered nest, one can hardly find more than a precious few whole eggs. So it… Any
- But this momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. Awakened
- The art of life is the art of avoiding pain; and he is the best pilot, who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with… Art
- A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity. Always Employed
- Private fortunes, in the present state of our circulation, are at the mercy of those self-created money lenders, and are prostrated by the floods of… Avarice
- All the capital employed in paper speculation is barren and useless, producing, like that on a gaming table, no accession to itself, and is withdrawn… Accession
- It is a cruel thought, that, when we feel ourselves standing on the firmest ground in every respect, the cursed arts of our secret enemies,… Arms
- The monopoly of a single bank is certainly an evil. The multiplication of them was intended to cure it; but it multiplied an influence of… Bank
- The system of banking have[for]ever reprobated. I contemplate it as a blot left in all our Constitutions, which, if not covered, will end in their… All
- We must use a good deal of economy in our wood, never cutting down new, where we can make the old do. Cutting