Institutions Quote by Thomas Jefferson

A man has a right to use a saw, an axe, a plane, separately; may he not combine their uses on the same piece…

— Thomas Jefferson

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for…

— Thomas Jefferson

[States and the Federal government are] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch…

— Thomas Jefferson

I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.

— Thomas Jefferson

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Perceiving the order of nature to be that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue, I am willing to hope it…

— Thomas Jefferson

Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those…

— Thomas Jefferson

Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear…

— Thomas Jefferson

A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.

— Thomas Jefferson

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them,…

— Thomas Jefferson

Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness.

— Thomas Jefferson

There is... an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government,…

— Thomas Jefferson