All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- Music furnishes a delightful recreation for the hours of respite from the cares of the day, and lasts us through life. Care
- The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither. Choose
- The Bible makes the best people in the world. Best
- If we move in mass, be it ever so circuitously, we shall attain our object; but if we break into squads, everyone pursuing the path… Attain
- It is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible. Benefit
- I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others... An honest… Able
- None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army Armed
- The constitution of the United States is the result of the collected wisdom of our country. Collected
- The worst day in a man's life is when he sits down and begins thinking about how he can get something for nothing. Begins
- One had rather have no opinion than a false one. False
- Question with boldness even the existence of a god. Boldness
- Without health there is no happiness. An attention to health, then, should take the place of every other object. Attention
- Every nation has a right to govern itself internally under what forms it pleases, and to change these forms at its own will. Change
- Nothing is more incumbent on the old than to know when they should get out of the way and relinquish to younger successors the honors… Duties
- Who better to so softly bind the wound of one, than she who has suffered the wound herself. Better
- An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable them… All
- If I had to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter Choose
- Eternal Vigilance is the price of democracy. Democracy
- New York, like London, seems to be a cloacina [toilet] of all the depravities of human nature. All
- The people of every country are the only safe guardians of their own rights. Country
- Truth will do well enough if left to shift for herself. Inspirational
- Knowledge indeed is a desirable, a lovely possession. Desirable
- Government governed least is government governed best. Best
- I hold it to be one of the distinguishing excellences of elective over hereditary successions that the talents which nature has provided in sufficient proportion,… Affair
- When the heart is right, the feet are swift. Feet