All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them. ... Love… Altar
- Agriculture is at the same time the most tranquil, healthy, and independent occupation. Agriculture
- The problem with letting kids on Facebook is that they'll learn all kinds of false quotations. All
- Love your neighbor as yourself and your country more than yourself. Country
- Adore God. Reverence and cherish your parents. Love your neighbor as yourself, and your country more than yourself. Be just. Be true. Murmur not at… Adore
- From candlelight to early bedtime, I read. Bedtime
- Gaming corrupts our disposition and teaches us a habit of hostility against all mankind. All
- If it is believed that these elementary schools will be better managed by the governor and council or any other general authority of the government,… All
- Never use two words when one will do. Inspirational
- It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to… Among
- The soil is the gift of God to the living. Gift
- We have already given in example one effectual check to the dog of war by transferring the power of letting him loose from the Executive… Already Given
- Unless the mass retains sufficient control over those entrusted with the powers of their government, these will be perverted to their own oppression, and to… Control
- The firmness with which the (American) people have withstood the... abuses of the press, the discernment they have manifested between truth and falsehood, show that… Abuse
- Music...This is the favorite passion of my soul. Favorite
- The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers. Befall
- I consider the doctrines of Jesus as delivered by himself to contain the outlines of the sublimest system of morality that has ever been taught… Been
- The possession of facts is knowledge; the use of them is wisdom. Facts
- From breakfast, or noon at the latest, to dinner, I am mostly on horseback, Attending to My Farm or other concerns, which I find healthful… Affair
- Let the farmer forevermore be honored in his calling; for they who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God. Agriculture
- The same political parties which now agitiate the US have existed through all time. And in fact the terms of whig and tory belong to… All
- I have come to a resolution myself as I hope every good citizen will, never again to purchase any article of foreign manufacture which can… American
- Travelling is good for your health and necessary for your amusement. Amusement
- A private central bank issuing the public currency is a greater menace to the liberties of the people than a standing army. We must not… Army
- To the corruptions of Christianity I am indeed opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian, in the only… All