What 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 JEFFERSONI was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
-
-
A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
THOMAS JEFFERSON -
I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
THOMAS JEFFERSON -
Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.
THOMAS JEFFERSON -
It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
THOMAS JEFFERSON -
Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
THOMAS JEFFERSON -
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
THOMAS JEFFERSON -
Whenever 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 JEFFERSON -
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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 -
We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
THOMAS JEFFERSON -
Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
THOMAS JEFFERSON -
Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
THOMAS JEFFERSON -
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
THOMAS JEFFERSON -
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
THOMAS JEFFERSON -
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
THOMAS JEFFERSON