All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- We might have been a free and great people together. Been
- There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the… Contain
- SIR,-Your letter of February the 18th came to hand on the 1st instant; and the request of the history of my physical habits would have… Accompanied
- Every man, and every body of men on earth, possesses the right of self-government. They receive it with their being from the hand of nature.… Body
- I have sworn upon the altar of God Eternal, hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man", "I have sworn upon the… Altar
- The issue for patents for new discovers has given a spring to invention beyond my conception. Beyond
- No society can make a perpetual constitution... The earth belongs always to the living generation. Animal
- The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government America
- Every man has two countries: his own and France. Countries
- I pledge undying hostility to any government restrictions on the free minds of the people. Any
- A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle. Another Candle
- If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption. Brought
- Cultivators of the earth are the most virtuous and independent citizens. Citizens
- I never saw an instance of one or two disputants convincing the other by argument. Argument
- The chief purpose of government is to protect life. Abandon that and you have abandoned all. Abandon
- It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation, even of that which has injured us most. Cultivate
- The purse of the people is the real seat of sensibility. Let it be drawn upon largely, and they will then listen to truths which… Any
- A mind always employed is always happy. Always Employed
- What has destroyed liberty and the rights of man in every government which has ever existed under the sun? The generalizing and concentrating all cares… All
- If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be ... The People cannot be safe without… Able
- The only true corrective of Constitutional abuses is education. Abuse
- The eyes of our citizens are not sufficiently open to the true cause of our distress. They ascribe them to everything but their true cause,… Ascribe
- The interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral duties. Coincide
- We act not for ourselves but for the whole human race. The event of our experiment is to show whether man can be trusted with… Act
- He who lights his [candle] at mine receives light without darkening me. Candle