All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- The oppressed should rebel, and they will continue to rebel and raise disturbance until their civil rights are fully restored to them and all partial… Adoption
- When we see ourselves in a situation which must be endured and gone through, it is best to make up our minds to it, meet… Accommodate
- Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are… Degeneracy
- Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain combinations of the head. Nature laid their foundation, therefore, in… Combination
- Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality. Bases
- The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it. All
- No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity Funny
- Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality Equality
- Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable for, not the rightness, but the uprightness of the decision Answerable
- Honesty, disinterestedness and good nature are indispensable to procure the esteem and confidence of those with whom we live, and on whose esteem our happiness… Confidence
- I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general. Common
- The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings,… Among
- My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind Affection
- Health is the requisite after morality Health
- Never put off your massage until tomorrow if you can get it today. Inspirational
- The merchant has no country . Country
- Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is… Doe
- Not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise. Day
- I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one. Bad
- We should talk over the lessons of the day, or lose them in Music, Chess, or the merriments of our family companions. Chess
- The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being Best
- A strong body makes the mind strong. Body
- While the farmer holds the title to the land, actually, it belongs to all the people because civilization itself rests upon the soil. All
- Take things always by their smooth handle. Gratitude
- Always take hold of things by the smooth handle grateful that they are not worse rather than the rough handle, bitter that they are not… Always Take