Quotes
Quotes - Jefferson
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.
It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.
It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure.
The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
One good act of vengeance deserves another.
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquillity and occupation which give happiness.
Monuments of the safety with which errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations â entangling alliances with none.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to admit it.
A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.
A little rebellion now and then ... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.
The hole and the patch should be commensurate.
