« All Liberty Quotes · Thomas Jefferson's Page
Liberty Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- [Emigrants] will bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or, if able to throw off, it will…
- If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.
- All authority belongs to the people... In questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief…
- Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of…
- When all government ...in little as in great things... shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power; it will render powerless the…
- Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
- Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you.
- No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is all from which the laws ought to…
- Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those whom…
- I tolerate with the utmost latitude the right of others to differ from me in opinion without imputing to them criminality.
- A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth.
- The true theory of our Constitution is surely the wisest and best, that the states are independent as to everything within themselves and united as…
- It is not the policy of the government in America to give aid to works of any kind. They let things take their natural course…
- Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise.
- The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to…
- Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous and they are tied to…
- In our early struggles for liberty, religious freedom could not fail to become a primary object.
- I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises. This results…
- Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that…
- [T]hat the opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction; that to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his…
- I consider the government of the U.S. as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises.
- Among the most inestimable of our blessings is that ... of liberty to worship our Creator in the way we think most agreeable to His…
- [The People] are the ultimate, guardians of their own liberty.
- Were parties here divided merely by a greediness for office,...to take a part with either would be unworthy of a reasonable or moral man.
- Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of the day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, and…
More Ways to Read Liberty Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- Best Liberty Quotes by Thomas Jefferson (Liberty Quotes by Thomas Jefferson)
- Best Liberty Sayings by Thomas Jefferson (Liberty Quotes by Thomas Jefferson)
- Best Liberty Quotations by Thomas Jefferson (Liberty Quotes by Thomas Jefferson)
- Best Liberty Words by Thomas Jefferson (Liberty Quotes by Thomas Jefferson)
- Best Liberty Lines by Thomas Jefferson (Liberty Quotes by Thomas Jefferson)
- Best Liberty Thoughts by Thomas Jefferson (Liberty Quotes by Thomas Jefferson)
- Best Liberty Wisdom by Thomas Jefferson (Liberty Quotes by Thomas Jefferson)
More Liberty Quotes
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
- The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold
- A man should be upright, not be kept upright. — Marcus Aurelius
- Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety,… — Sri Aurobindo
- I want my candidacy for the presidency of the United States to stand for a moment when we the people, stand once… — Michele Bachmann
- If there was one word on a motivation or world view, that one word would be 'liberty.' That's what inspires me and… — Michele Bachmann
- It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power… — Francis Bacon
- Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton
- Liberty is the prevention of control by others. — Lord Acton
- Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. — Lord Acton