Thomas Jefferson Quotes And Sayings

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Here is a collation of Thomas Jefferson quotes and sayings. Learn what this American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States had to say about various issues.

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
– 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

“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“One man with courage is a majority.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“The law of self-preservation is higher than written law.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“The moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as that of feeling, seeing, or hearing”
– Thomas Jefferson

“Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals”
– Thomas Jefferson

“No man will labor for himself who can make another labor for him.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“Whenever people are well-informed they can be trusted with their own government.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“Dispositions of the mind, like limbs of the body, acquire strength by exercise.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“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.”
– Thomas Jefferson

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