Quotes Thomas Jefferson

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against ...

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spir...

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one p...

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to ...

Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a ...

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good c...

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that thou...

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle....

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another ...

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes....

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes....

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let...

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armi...

Be polite to all, but intimate with few....

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemp...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a ...

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in th...

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our...

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with o...

Delay is preferable to error....

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the ...

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to ...

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The sever...

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is ...

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will...