Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act. Thomas Jefferson More Quotes by Thomas Jefferson More Quotes From Thomas Jefferson I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude Thomas Jefferson capitalismlibertyquiet 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 freedomeducationwar The only security of all is in a free press. Thomas Jefferson freedom-of-the-pressfree-presssecurity The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife. Thomas Jefferson government-debtknivesoffice The doctrines of Jesus are simple and tend all to the happiness of man, that there is only one God and God is perfect. That God and man are one. That to love God with all your heart, and your neighbor as yourself, is the sum of religion. These are the great points on which I endeavor to reform and live my life. Thomas Jefferson simpleheartjesus An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens. Thomas Jefferson honestyleadershipexercise It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Thomas Jefferson freedomtruthreligious I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. Thomas Jefferson determinationsuccessinspirational [T]he States can best govern our home concerns and the general government our foreign ones. I wish, therefore . . . never to see all offices transferred to Washington, where, further withdrawn from the eyes of the people, they may more secretly be bought and sold at market. Thomas Jefferson governmenteyehome The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers. Thomas Jefferson submissiongovernmentwould-be I hold the precepts of Jesus as delivered by Himself, to be the most pure, benevolent and sublime which have ever been preached to man. Thomas Jefferson inspirationalmenjesus I place economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the greatest dangers to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and in our comforts, in our labor and in our amusements. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people, under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy. Thomas Jefferson governmentpracticepeople The dead should not rule the living Thomas Jefferson should 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 changehappinesslife He who knows best knows how little he knows. Thomas Jefferson best-husbandcraftswork It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. Thomas Jefferson workhappinesslife Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right. The earth is given as a common stock for man to labor and live on. The small landowners are the most precious part of a state Thomas Jefferson businessmencountry An elective despotism was not the government we fought for. Thomas Jefferson 4th-of-julylibertygovernment Among the most inestimable of our blessings is that ... of liberty to worship our Creator in the way we think most agreeable to His will; a liberty deemed in other countries incompatible with good government and yet proved by our experience to be its best support. Thomas Jefferson religiouscountrythinking If the children are untaught, their ignorance and vices will in future life cost us much dearer in their consequences than it would have done in their correction by a good education. Thomas Jefferson educationlifechildren
