No people can be both ignorant and free.
THOMAS JEFFERSONNo people can be both ignorant and free.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThose who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
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 JEFFERSONIf you want something you’ve never had, You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThe boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
THOMAS JEFFERSONBut friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life; & thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. I will recur for proof to the days we have lately passed. On these indeed the sun shone brightly.
THOMAS JEFFERSONI had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.
THOMAS JEFFERSONPride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThe most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
THOMAS JEFFERSONIf a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThe equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
THOMAS JEFFERSONPeace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
THOMAS JEFFERSONEvery human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThink as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
THOMAS JEFFERSONAn enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
THOMAS JEFFERSONWhen injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
THOMAS JEFFERSON