All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God. Freedom
- Religions are all alike- founded upon fables and mythologies. Alike
- The opinions and beliefs of men follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds. Belief
- A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their… Debt
- To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or… Debt
- History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their… Always Avail
- The genuine and simple religion of Jesus will one day be restored: such as it was preached and practiced by Himself. Day
- I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or… Addiction
- The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture. --The Fruit Hunters Add
- The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. Been
- I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world and do not find in our particular superstition [Christianity] one redeeming feature. All
- The God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these… Conviction
- Good wine is a necessity of life for me. Good
- As new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace… Advance
- Too old to plant trees for my own gratification, I shall do it for my posterity. Gratification
- The Christian god can easily be pictured as virtually the same god as the many ancient gods of past civilizations. The Christian god is a… Ancient
- Do not be too severe upon the errors of the people, but reclaim them by enlightening them. Enlightening
- never trust a man who won't accept that there is more than one way to spell a word Paraphrased Accept
- If by religion we are to understand sectarian dogmas, in which no two of them agree, then your exclamation on that hypothesis is just, "that… Agree
- I am a sect by myself, as far as I know. Far
- We are afraid of the known and afraid of the unknown. That is our daily life and in that there is no hope, and therefore… Actual
- The care of every man's soul belongs to himself. But what if he neglect the care of it? Well what if he neglect the care… Belongs
- On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit of… Adopted
- A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny! Afraid
- I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of… Advance