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

Thomas Jefferson

If God is just, I tremble for my country

Thomas Jefferson

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place

Thomas Jefferson

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

Thomas Jefferson

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning

Thomas Jefferson

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter

Thomas Jefferson

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

Thomas Jefferson

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do

Thomas Jefferson

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

Thomas Jefferson

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

Thomas Jefferson

There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world

Thomas Jefferson

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes

Thomas Jefferson

Be polite to all, but intimate with few

Thomas Jefferson

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

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it

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