All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- The general desire of men to live by their heads rather than their hands, and the strong allurements of great cities to those who have… Allurements
- We shall divert through our own Country a branch of commerce which the European States have thought worthy of the most important struggles and sacrifices,… Add
- I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms are in… Discourage
- But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is… Absolute
- The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time. Advertising
- I agree with you that it is the duty of every good citizen to use all the opportunities, which occur to him, for preserving documents… Agree
- I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than the establishment of a small circulating library in every county,… Book
- The Bible is the source of liberty. Bible
- An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people. Citizenry
- I would rather be judged by 12 farmers than 12 scholars. Farmers
- Sir, no nation has ever yet existed or been governed without religion. Nor can be. The Christian religion is the best religion that has been given… Been
- Without God, liberty will not last. God
- We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among… All
- Almighty God hath created the mind free. All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens...are a departure from the plan of the holy… Account
- But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have been called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are… All
- I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man. Cities
- The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise… All
- Some other natural rights... [have] not yet entered into any declaration of rights. Any
- The authors of the gospels were unlettered and ignorant men and the teachings of Jesus have come to us mutilated, misstated and unintelligible. Authors
- Man [is] a rational animal, endowed by nature with rights and with an innate sense of justice. Animal
- If [God] has made it a law in the nature of man to pursue his own happiness, He has left him free in the choice… Body
- The evidence of [the] natural right [of expatriation], like that of our right to life, liberty, the use of our faculties, the pursuit of happiness,… Charter
- That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone. All
- The Giver of life gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness. Funny
- I sincerely pray that all the members of the human family may, in the time prescribed by the Father of us all, find themselves securely… All