Thomas Jefferson Quotes
I cannot live without books.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
He who knows best knows how little he knows.
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Walking is the best possible exercise.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God.
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
The olive branch, presented to our country, signifies a state of peace.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.
The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.
Delay is preferable to error.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.
Every generation needs a new revolution.
I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war.
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others.
The third President of the United States, and the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.
Never spend your money before you have earned it.
Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people…they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead.
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern.
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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 than learning.
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government.
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.
The only security of all is in a free press.
If we are cautious in placing our confidence in men who profess to be inspired by the Deity, we shall consider our doubts but as precepts of reason.
A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite for democracy.
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.
An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
He who knows best knows how little he knows.