All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- There is no habit you will value so much as that of walking far without fatigue. Far
- The children of Israel in the wilderness, led by a cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night. Children
- The issuing power [of money] should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs. Banks
- A professorship of Theology should have no place in our institution [the University of Virginia] Institution
- The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation, is ever more dangerous. Jesus had to work on the perilous confines of reason and… Abraham
- If we believe that he [Jesus Christ]really countenanced the follies, the falsehoods, and the charlatanisms, which his biographers [writers of the New Testament]father upon him,… Admit
- Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which all religions agree… Agree
- All persons shall have full and free liberty of religious opinion; nor shall any be compelled to frequent or maintain any religious institution. All
- In matters of religion, I have considered that its free exercise is placed by the Constitution independent of the powers of the general government. I… Acknowledged
- Our Constitution... has not left the religion of its citizens under the power of its public functionaries, were it possible that any of these should… Any
- No man complains of his neighbor for ill management of his affairs, for an error in sowing his land, or marrying his daughter, for consuming… Affair
- The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error. Acts
- If a sect arises whose tenets would subvert morals, good sense has fair play and reasons and laughs it out of doors without suffering the… Arise
- If anything pass in a religious meeting seditiously and contrary to the public peace, let it be punished in the same manner and no otherwise… Anything Pass
- The law for religious freedom... [has]put down the aristocracy of the clergy and restored to the citizen the freedom of the mind. Aristocracy
- If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, [then… Ever Rise
- This doctrine ['that the condition of man cannot be ameliorated, that what has been must ever be, and that to secure ourselves where we are… Advances
- The metaphysical insanities of Athanasius, of Loyola, and of Calvin, are, to my understanding, mere lapses into polytheism, differing from paganism only by being more… Athanasius
- From the dissensions among Sects themselves arise necessarily a right of choosing and necessity of deliberating to which we will conform. But if we choose… Allow
- The plough is to the farmer what the wand is to the sorcerer. Its effect is really like sorcery. Effect
- Every man wishes to pursue his occupation and to enjoy the fruits of his labours and the produce of his property in peace and safety,… Accomplished
- We must be contented to amuse, when we cannot inform. Amuse
- Take care that you never spell a word wrong. Always before you write a word, consider how it is spelled, and, if you do not… Care
- All the world would be Christian if they were taught the pure Gospel of Christ!. All
- The art of governing consists simply of being honest, exercising common sense, following principle, and doing what is right and just. Art