I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
THOMAS JEFFERSONI never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
THOMAS JEFFERSONAn enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
THOMAS JEFFERSONWhat a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment and death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment
THOMAS JEFFERSONWhenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
THOMAS JEFFERSONNo people can be both ignorant and free.
THOMAS JEFFERSONHe who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
THOMAS JEFFERSONHistory, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThere is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
THOMAS JEFFERSONOur liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
THOMAS JEFFERSONPeace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
THOMAS JEFFERSONDo you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
THOMAS JEFFERSONPride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
THOMAS JEFFERSONGood wine is a necessity of life for me.
THOMAS JEFFERSONI predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
THOMAS JEFFERSONIt is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
THOMAS JEFFERSONWhere the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
THOMAS JEFFERSON