Thomas Jefferson Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

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

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

A true patriot will defend his country from its government.

The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood.

Free men do not ask permission to bear arms

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

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

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none

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

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

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

Dependence leads to subservience.

Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God.

The federal government is our servant, not our master.

Without virtue, happiness cannot be.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

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

The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty.

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

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

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

Never use two words when one will do.

Paul was the first corrupter of the doctrines of Jesus.

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

The only security of all is in a free press.

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

What we learn to do, we learn by doing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A properly functioning democracy depends on an informed electorate.

Difference of opinion is helpful in religion.

An elective despotism was not the government we fought for.

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

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

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

Knowledge indeed is a desirable, lovely possession.

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

Every generation needs a new revolution.

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

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

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

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

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

The dead should not rule the living

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

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