When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 134
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 3
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 3
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 3
Information is the currency of democracy. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 3
Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 1
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 1
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 1
If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 1
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 1
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 American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 1
For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 1
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 1
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 1
I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 1
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 0
I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 0
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 0
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 0
I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 0
I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 0
I 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 Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 0
I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 0
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 0
I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 0