Thomas Jefferson Quotes

• The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

  Thomas Jefferson

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• The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.

  Thomas Jefferson

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• The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.

  Thomas Jefferson

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• The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.

  Thomas Jefferson

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• The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

  Thomas Jefferson

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• The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

  Thomas Jefferson

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• The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.

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• The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.

  Thomas Jefferson

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• The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.

  Thomas Jefferson

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• The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

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• That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

  Thomas Jefferson

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• Taste cannot be controlled by law.

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• Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

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• Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.

  Thomas Jefferson

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• 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

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• Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

  Thomas Jefferson

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• Power is not alluring to pure minds.

  Thomas Jefferson

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• Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it.

  Thomas Jefferson

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• Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

  Thomas Jefferson

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• 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

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Thomas Jefferson (237)

Birth:	13th April, 1743
Death:	4th July, 1826
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Administrator, Author, Lawyer, Planter, Politician, President, Principal

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