All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto. All
- If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and… Body
- The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind. Eternally
- Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. Calm
- I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be. Anti War
- The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. Alive
- When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property. Aggravation
- One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them. Arms
- All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to… All
- The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. Gave
- Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government. Democracy
- As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also. American Revolution
- He who knows best knows how little he knows. Best
- It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. Confidence
- A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit. Anti War
- Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. Best
- It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. Acceptance
- Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of… Consequence
- Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. Attachment
- Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day. Body
- I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it. Attending
- Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition. Ambition
- Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people. Authority
- History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is. Bad
- Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it. Bait