All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- Most men die at age 25, but aren't buried until 70. Age
- The First Amendment has created a wall of separation between the church and the State. But that wall is one directional. It is to keep… Amendment
- The government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that… Compact
- Whiskey claims to itself alone the exclusive office of sot-making. Alone
- Men fight for freedom; then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves. Accumulate
- If I had to choose between government and a free press, I would choose a free press. Choose
- Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them. Arise
- A properly functioning democracy depends on an informed electorate. Democracy
- Free men do not ask permission to bear arms Arms
- We will be soldiers, so our sons may be farmers, so their sons may be artists Artist
- In a republican nation whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first… Arms
- A free government is of all others the most energetic. All
- Hemp is one of the greatest, most important substances of our nation Greatest
- Christian creeds and doctrines, the clergy's own fatal inventions, through all the ages has made of Christendom a slaughterhouse, and divided it into sects of… Age
- He who made us would have been a pitiful bungler, if he had made the rules of our moral conduct a matter of science. For… Been
- It is more honorable to repair a wrong than to persist in it. Honorable
- In the fevered state of our country, no good can ever result from any attempt to set one of these fiery zealots to rights, either… Act
- That one hundred and fifty lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected. Business
- Ignorance of the law is no excuse in any country. If it were, the laws would lose their effect, because it can always be pretended. Any
- If we cannot secure all our rights, let us secure what we can. All
- I see,... and with the deepest affliction, the rapid strides with which the federal branch of our government is advancing towards the usurpation of all… Advancing
- Every State has a natural right in cases not within the compact (casus non faederis) to nullify of their own authority all assumptions of power… Absolute
- The only greater [evil] than separation... [is] living under a government of discretion. Discretion
- [The purpose of a written constitution is] to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress, their acts shall… Acquiescence
- A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry. Citizenry