Thomas Jefferson Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Thomas Jefferson quotes, Thomas Jefferson sayings, and Thomas Jefferson proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace. Thomas Jefferson
Encourage all your virtuous dispositions, and exercise them whenever an opportunity arises; being assured that they will gain strength by exercise, as a limb of the body does, and that exercise will make them habitual. From the practice of the purest virtue, you may be assured you will derive the most sublime comforts in every moment of life, and in the moment of death. Thomas Jefferson
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. Thomas Jefferson
I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale. Thomas Jefferson
Truth and honesty are vital for advertising, especially for organizations that desire continuing relationships. Thomas Jefferson
Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. Thomas Jefferson
Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people. Thomas Jefferson
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. Thomas Jefferson
A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither. Thomas Jefferson
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty. Thomas Jefferson
I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution. Thomas Jefferson
Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. Thomas Jefferson
Take care that you never spell a word wrong. Always before you write a word, consider how it is spelled, and, if you do not remember, turn to a dictionary. It produces great praise to a lady to spell well. to his daughter Martha. Thomas Jefferson
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
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. Thomas Jefferson
I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious. Thomas Jefferson