All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair play. Common
- Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things to rights. Common
- Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art . American
- France, freed from that monster, Bonaparte, must again become the most agreeable country on earth. It would be the second choice of all whose ties… Agreeable
- For Heaven's sake discard the monstrous wig which makes the English judges look like rats peeping through bunches of oakum Bunch
- The unsuccessful strugglers against tyranny have been the chief martyrs of treason laws in all countries. All
- If a due participation of office is a matter of right, how are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few; by resignation, none. Death
- Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought in my life:… Alone
- The bulk of mankind are schoolboys through life. Bulk
- Material abundance without character is the surest way to destruction. Abundance
- The fortune of our lives depends on employing well the short period of our youth. Depends
- The spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless... From the conclusion of this war we shall… Affect
- [An] act of the Congress of the United States... which assumes powers... not delegated by the Constitution, is not law, but is altogether void and… Act
- The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory. Every Object
- Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism. Antiwar
- I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. Always Oppressive
- In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty. Age
- Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe. Able
- Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind. Body
- I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and… America
- Always take hold of things by the smooth handle. Always Take
- Power is not alluring to pure minds. Alluring
- To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education. Clouds
- There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world. Acceptance
- Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government. Anti War