FamousQuotes140: Thomas Jefferson

Showing posts with label Thomas Jefferson. Show all posts

Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. - Thomas Jefferson

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. - Thomas Jefferson

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism. - Thomas Jefferson #quotes

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other. - Thomas Jefferson

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty. - Thomas Jefferson

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind. - Thomas Jefferson #quotes

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it. - Thomas Jefferson #quotes

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is. - Thomas Jefferson

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. - Thomas Jefferson

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security. - Thomas Jefferson

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state. - Thomas Jefferson

He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle. - Thomas Jefferson

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government. - Thomas Jefferson

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also. - Thomas Jefferson

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes. - Thomas Jefferson

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit. - Thomas Jefferson

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. - Thomas Jefferson

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes. - Thomas Jefferson

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind. - Thomas Jefferson

Quote