Jefferson Quotes

133 Jefferson quotes by 107 unique authors

The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on. — Ada Louise Huxtable
The fact is that liberty, in any true sense, is a concept that lies quite beyond the reach of the inferior man's mind. And no… — H. L. Mencken
Back in 1792, Dr. Benjamin Banneker, the famed African-American inventor and scientist in Washington, proposed a Department of Peace for the new Nation to his… — John Conyers
The Greeks understood that mind and body must develop in harmonious proportions to produce a creative intelligence. And so did the most brilliant intelligence of… — John F. Kennedy
All Americans mourn the passing of the author of the Declaration of Independence, George Jefferson. — Andy Borowitz
American history offers no parallel to the friendship between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, spanning the first half century of the Republic. . . .… — Dumas Malone
The purpose of the memorial is to communicate the founding, expansion, preservation, and unification of the United States with colossal statues of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln,… — Gutzon Borglum
I assume, gladly, that in the allocation to America of remarkable leaders like Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln, the Lord was just as… — Neal A. Maxwell
We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education… — Matt Blunt
We inherited these principles and these freedoms and we here highly resolve that we shall pass them on, as we will pass on an undivided… — Christopher Hitchens
Thomas Jefferson made a comment about the Presidency and age. He said that one should not worry about one's exact chronological age in reference to… — Ronald Reagan
I can't hang out as loose as I used to, but I can still go down Jefferson Avenue and look in the faces of winos,… — Rick James
Thomas Jefferson declared, stating that he was speaking on behalf of the other founding fathers, ...(that) we should build a wall between the church and… — Jimmy Carter
To walk into the Jefferson memorial is to be in a temple of the pure idolatry of reason — Scot McKnight
The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society. — Abraham Lincoln
At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul… — Allen Johnson
I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back. Thomas Jefferson told us… — Michele Bachmann
Jefferson thought schools would produce free men: we prove him right by putting dropouts in jail. — Benjamin Barber
I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want to… — James A. Michener
It may be that without a vision men shall die. It is no less true that, without hard practical sense, they shall also die. Without… — James Truslow Adams

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