Quotes from Thomas Jefferson

Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

One insult pocketed soon produces another.

We have already given in example one effectual check to the dog of war by transferring the power of letting him loose from the Executive to the Legislative body

War is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer.

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

A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most knows best how little he knows.

A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable.

Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just nation.

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Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.

I know nothing more important to inculcate into the minds of young people than the wisdom, the honor, and the blessed comfort of living within their income.

preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish & improve the law for educating the common people.

Choice by the people themselves is not generally distinguished for its wisdom.

It is not too soon to provide by every possible means that as few as possible shall be without a little portion of land. The small landholders are the most precious part of a state.

The only way to win money out of a casino is to own one.

We are completely saddled and bridled, and... the bank is so firmly mounted on us that we must go where it will guide.

A community of small farmers... land property owners, will be the only assurance that the freedom our republic offers will be guaranteed to each and every citizen.

The wisdom of our ages and the blood of our heroes has been devoted to the attainment of trial by jury. It should be the creed of our political faith.

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery.

The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.