Quotes from Thomas Jefferson

The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us. we ought, for so dear a stake, to sacrifice every attachment & every enmity.

I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern.

Above all I hope that the education of the common people will be attended to so they won't forget the basic principles of freedom.

There is preparing, I hope, under the auspices of heaven, a way for a total emancipation.

I steer my bark with hope in my heart leaving fear astern.

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility.

To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.

A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government.

And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

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

Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia.

Experience has taught me that manufacturers are now as necessary to our independence as to our comfort.

Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Vir

Every generation needs a new revolution.

What we learn to do, we learn by doing.

Certainly one of the highest duties of the citizen is a scrupulous obedience to the laws of the nation. But it is not the highest duty.

It will take a thousand years for the frontier to reach the Pacific

...We are all Federalists, and we are all Republicans.

The dead should not rule the living.

If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.

Still less let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own.

It is a misnomer to call a government republican in which a branch of the supreme power is independent of the nation.