Quotes from Thomas Jefferson

To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom; for as long as we may think as we will, and speak as we think, the condition of man will proceed in improvement

Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected, - these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitudefrom achieving his goal.Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong attitude.

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial.

In every country and in every age the priest has been hostile to liberty; he is always in allegiance to the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection of his own.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined, and imprisoned, yet we have not advanced one inch toward uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half of the world fools and the other half hypocrites.

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

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with everything they got