195 Quotations by Thomas Jefferson
- 1. 1. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
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- 2. A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

- 3. A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.

- 4. A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.

- 5. A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but ...

- 6. Advertisements... contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.

- 7. Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are then mo ...

- 8. Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

- 9. An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, ...

- 10. An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.

- 11. Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

- 12. Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

- 13. Because religious belief, or non-belief, is such an important part of every person's life, freedom o ...

- 14. Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes ...

- 15. Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, ...

- 16. But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a bene ...

- 17. But though I am an old man, I am but a young gardener

- 18. Certainly one of the highest duties of the citizen is a scrupulous obedience to the laws of the nati ...

- 19. Delay is preferable to error.

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

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