Thomas Jefferson Quotes

The only way to win money out of a casino is to own one.

Most men die at age 25 but aren't buried until 70.

The dead should not rule the living

A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable.

Nothing can now be believed that is seen in a newspaper.

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

Those who labour on the earth are the chosen people of God.

A walkabout Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

When wrongs are pressed because it is believed they will be borne, resistance becomes morality.

Knowledge indeed is a desirable, lovely possession.

Men, as well as rivers, grow crooked by following the path of least resistance.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

An informed citizenry is at the heart of a dynamic democracy.

An elective despotism was not the government we fought for.

Difference of opinion is helpful in religion.

A properly functioning democracy depends on an informed electorate.

There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone.

Christianity neither is nor ever was a part of the common law.

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

Paper is poverty, it is only the ghost of money, and not money itself.

Ridicule is the only weapon that can be used against unintelligible propositions.

What we learn to do, we learn by doing.

Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health.

The only security of all is in a free press.

The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights

Paul was the first corrupter of the doctrines of Jesus.

Never use two words when one will do.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead.

The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty.

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

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Without virtue, happiness cannot be.

The federal government is our servant, not our master.

Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God.

Dependence leads to subservience.

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

Democracy is 51% of the people taking away the rights of the other 49%.

A well-informed citizenry is the best defence against tyranny.

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none

The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.

Free men do not ask permission to bear arms

The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood.

A true patriot will defend his country from its government.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety.