Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

"It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own."
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"It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own."
Thomas Jefferson
"When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred."
Thomas Jefferson
"There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents."
Thomas Jefferson
"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty."
Thomas Jefferson
"Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted."
Thomas Jefferson
"So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done."
Thomas Jefferson
"Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations."
Thomas Jefferson
"Never spend your money before you have earned it."
Thomas Jefferson
"Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government."
Thomas Jefferson
"Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories."
Thomas Jefferson
"That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part."
Thomas Jefferson
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."
Thomas Jefferson
"If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy."
Thomas Jefferson
"Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."
Thomas Jefferson
"No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free no one ever will."
Thomas Jefferson
"A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned."
Thomas Jefferson
"A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference."
Thomas Jefferson
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive."
Thomas Jefferson
"Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government."
Thomas Jefferson
"Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none."
Thomas Jefferson
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