Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes

Find the best Thomas Jefferson (?) quotes with images from our collection at QuotesLyfe. You can download, copy and even share it on Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Linkedin, Pinterst, Reddit, etc. with your family, friends, colleagues, etc. The available pictures of Thomas Jefferson (?) quotes can be used as your mobile or desktop wallpaper or screensaver.


Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Do not be too severe upon the errors of the people, but reclaim them by enlightening them."

Do not be too severe upon the errors of the people, but reclaim them by enlightening them.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "never trust a man who won't accept that there is more than one way to spell a word Paraphrased"

never trust a man who won't accept that there is more than one way to spell a word Paraphrased




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I am a sect by myself, as far as I know."

I am a sect by myself, as far as I know.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many."

A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "...We are all Federalists,and we are all Republicans."

...We are all Federalists,and we are all Republicans.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Without books, I would certainly die."

Without books, I would certainly die.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "[The People] are the ultimate, guardians of their own liberty."

[The People] are the ultimate, guardians of their own liberty.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to God alone."

Our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to God alone.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Every man is under the natural duty of contributing to the necessities of the society; and this is all the laws should enforce on him."

Every man is under the natural duty of contributing to the necessities of the society; and this is all the laws should enforce on him.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The liberty of the whole earth was depending on the issue of the contest, and was ever such a prize won with so little innocent blood?"

The liberty of the whole earth was depending on the issue of the contest, and was ever such a prize won with so little innocent blood?



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "This ball of liberty, I believe most piously, is now so well in motion that it will roll round the globe. at least the enlightened part of it, for light & liberty go together."

This ball of liberty, I believe most piously, is now so well in motion that it will roll round the globe. at least the enlightened part of it, for light & liberty go together.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The cement of this union is in the heart blood of every American. I do not believe there is on earth a government established on so immovable a basis."

The cement of this union is in the heart blood of every American. I do not believe there is on earth a government established on so immovable a basis.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is rare that the public sentiment decides immorally or unwisely, and the individual who differs from it ought to distrust and examine well his own opinion."

It is rare that the public sentiment decides immorally or unwisely, and the individual who differs from it ought to distrust and examine well his own opinion.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself."

Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Honesty, disinterestedness and good nature are indispensable to procure the esteem and confidence of those with whom we live, and on whose esteem our happiness depends."

Honesty, disinterestedness and good nature are indispensable to procure the esteem and confidence of those with whom we live, and on whose esteem our happiness depends.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind"

My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Health is the requisite after morality"

Health is the requisite after morality



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Always take hold of things by the smooth handle grateful that they are not worse rather than the rough handle, bitter that they are not better."

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle grateful that they are not worse rather than the rough handle, bitter that they are not better.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We might have been a free and great people together."

We might have been a free and great people together.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The only true corrective of Constitutional abuses is education."

The only true corrective of Constitutional abuses is education.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral duties."

The interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral duties.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We act not for ourselves but for the whole human race. The event of our experiment is to show whether man can be trusted with self - government."

We act not for ourselves but for the whole human race. The event of our experiment is to show whether man can be trusted with self - government.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Defend our liberties and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindred and tongues."

Defend our liberties and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindred and tongues.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Never yet could I find that a black had uttered a thought above the level of plain narration; never saw even an elemental trait of painting or sculpture."

Never yet could I find that a black had uttered a thought above the level of plain narration; never saw even an elemental trait of painting or sculpture.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is my disposition to maintain peace until its condition shall be made less tolerable than that of war itself."

It is my disposition to maintain peace until its condition shall be made less tolerable than that of war itself.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "From breakfast, or noon at the latest, to dinner, I am mostly on horseback, Attending to My Farm or other concerns, which I find healthful to my body, mind, and affairs."

From breakfast, or noon at the latest, to dinner, I am mostly on horseback, Attending to My Farm or other concerns, which I find healthful to my body, mind, and affairs.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Travelling is good for your health and necessary for your amusement."

Travelling is good for your health and necessary for your amusement.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible."

It is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "One had rather have no opinion than a false one."

One had rather have no opinion than a false one.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Every nation has a right to govern itself internally under what forms it pleases, and to change these forms at its own will."

Every nation has a right to govern itself internally under what forms it pleases, and to change these forms at its own will.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Who better to so softly bind the wound of one, than she who has suffered the wound herself."

Who better to so softly bind the wound of one, than she who has suffered the wound herself.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Government governed least is government governed best."

Government governed least is government governed best.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "That one hundred and fifty lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected."

That one hundred and fifty lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "If we cannot secure all our rights, let us secure what we can."

If we cannot secure all our rights, let us secure what we can.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Those are governed best who are governed least."

Those are governed best who are governed least.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The only greater [evil] than separation... [is] living under a government of discretion."

The only greater [evil] than separation... [is] living under a government of discretion.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We must train and classify the whole of our male citizens, and make military instruction a regular part of collegiate education."

We must train and classify the whole of our male citizens, and make military instruction a regular part of collegiate education.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Those who have once got an ascendancy, and possessed themselves of all the resources of the nation, their revenues and offices, have immense means for retaining their advantage."

Those who have once got an ascendancy, and possessed themselves of all the resources of the nation, their revenues and offices, have immense means for retaining their advantage.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "When an instrument admits two constructions, the one safe, the other dangerous, the one precise, the other indefinite, I prefer that which is safe and precise."

When an instrument admits two constructions, the one safe, the other dangerous, the one precise, the other indefinite, I prefer that which is safe and precise.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is wonderful to me that old men should not be sensible that their minds keep pace with their bodies in the progress of decay."

It is wonderful to me that old men should not be sensible that their minds keep pace with their bodies in the progress of decay.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "There is a fulness of time when men should go, and not occupy too long the ground to which others have a right to advance."

There is a fulness of time when men should go, and not occupy too long the ground to which others have a right to advance.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "My religious reading has long been confined to the moral branch of religion, which is the same in all religions; while in that branch which consists of dogmas, all differ[."

My religious reading has long been confined to the moral branch of religion, which is the same in all religions; while in that branch which consists of dogmas, all differ[.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "What all agree upon is probably right; what no two agree in most probably is wrong."

What all agree upon is probably right; what no two agree in most probably is wrong.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We generally learn languages for the benefit of reading the books written in them"

We generally learn languages for the benefit of reading the books written in them



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "By nature's law, man is at peace with man till some aggression is committed, which, by the same law, authorizes one to destroy another as his enemy."

By nature's law, man is at peace with man till some aggression is committed, which, by the same law, authorizes one to destroy another as his enemy.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A community of small farmers... land property owners, will be the only assurance that the freedom our republic offers will be guaranteed to each and every citizen."

A community of small farmers... land property owners, will be the only assurance that the freedom our republic offers will be guaranteed to each and every citizen.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We are completely saddled and bridled, and... the bank is so firmly mounted on us that we must go where it will guide."

We are completely saddled and bridled, and... the bank is so firmly mounted on us that we must go where it will guide.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful Land, traversing all the seas with the rich production of their Industry."

A rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful Land, traversing all the seas with the rich production of their Industry.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Communities should be planned with an eye to the effect on the human spirit of being continually surrounded by a maximum of beauty."

Communities should be planned with an eye to the effect on the human spirit of being continually surrounded by a maximum of beauty.