Quotes Thomas Jefferson

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters...

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninterestin...

I recoil with horror at the ferociousness of man. ...

A mind always employed is always happy.  This is ...

A mind always employed is always happy.  This is ...

A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effe...

My God!  How little do my countrymen know what pr...

"It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human b...

"A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pa...

"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility again...

"No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation...

"I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming featur...

"The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitt...

"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than th...

"The flames kindled on the Fourth of July, 1776, have spread...

"When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hu...

"Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principl...

"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, t...

"Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote fro...

"It is part of the American character to consider nothing as...

"History, in general, only informs us what bad government is...

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can preven...

"Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy,...

"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the ...

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."...