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: "Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous. . . ."

Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous. . . .



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers."

The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles."

A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The Christian god is a being of terrific character - cruel, vindictive, capricious and unjust."

The Christian god is a being of terrific character - cruel, vindictive, capricious and unjust.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt."

We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Health is worth more than learning."

Health is worth more than learning.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Question with boldness even the existence of a god."

Question with boldness even the existence of a god.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty."

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do."

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are not yet in that stage of degeneracy."

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are not yet in that stage of degeneracy.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law."

Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I hope we shall . . . crush in [its] birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations."

I hope we shall . . . crush in [its] birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good."

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it."

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens."

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Bigotry is the disease of ignorance."

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It behooves 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."

It behooves 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.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "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."

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.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Hemp is one of the greatest, most important substances of our nation"

Hemp is one of the greatest, most important substances of our nation



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference."

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?"

The God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Coffee - the favorite drink of the civilized world."

Coffee - the favorite drink of the civilized world.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong."

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned."

Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The chief purpose of government is to protect life. Abandon that and you have abandoned all."

The chief purpose of government is to protect life. Abandon that and you have abandoned all.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable."

Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is more honorable to repair a wrong than to persist in it."

It is more honorable to repair a wrong than to persist in it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty."

I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I am sure that in estimating every man's value either in private or public life, a pure integrity is the quality we take first into calculation, and that learning and talents are only the second."

I am sure that in estimating every man's value either in private or public life, a pure integrity is the quality we take first into calculation, and that learning and talents are only the second.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world."

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "He who knows best knows how little he knows."

He who knows best knows how little he knows.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The olive tree is surely the richest gift of Heaven. I can scarcely expect bread."

The olive tree is surely the richest gift of Heaven. I can scarcely expect bread.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "One never really knows how much one has been touched by a place until one has left it."

One never really knows how much one has been touched by a place until one has left it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry."

A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "An informed citizenry is the only true repository of the public will."

An informed citizenry is the only true repository of the public will.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day."

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated."

Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be."

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way."

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state'... is absolutely essential in a free society."

Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state'... is absolutely essential in a free society.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management."

The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits."

The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?"

If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government."

A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God"

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression."

the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever."

No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Difference of opinion is helpful in religion."

Difference of opinion is helpful in religion.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly."

Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly.