All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape. Dangerous
- The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave. American Revolution
- Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society. Branch
- No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden. Comparable
- Taste cannot be controlled by law. Control
- The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. Anti War
- Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other. Advantageous
- Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind. Abhorrent
- Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. Aim
- Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it. Advise
- An injured friend is the bitterest of foes. Bitterest
- My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair. Been
- War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. Anti War
- If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest. American
- I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another. Inspirational
- The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression. All
- I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary. General
- My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me. Age
- Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour. Death
- That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part. Democracy
- Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more… Afternoon
- We never repent of having eaten too little. Diet
- The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead. Belongs
- We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest. Anti War
- I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad. Bad