59 result(s) for Thomas Jefferson Quotes.
"When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred."
"When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty."
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear."
"Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today."
"Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it."
"Walking is good for solving problems – it's like the feet are little psychiatrists."
"Never spend your money before you have it."
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"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
"When angry, count to ten before you speak. If very angry, a hundred."
"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time."
"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object."
"Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching."
"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine."
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear."
"I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical."
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive."
"It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which give happiness."
"He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me."
"Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear."
"Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself."
"That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves."
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"The harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
"When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, a hundred."
"Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day."
"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today."
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government."
"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have."
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
"If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done."
"Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto."
"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money."
"Never spend your money before you have earned it."
"The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed."
"I like to see men proud of the place in which they live. I like to see them live so that their place will be proud of them."
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"The only security of all is in a free press."
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
"I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed sometimes fail, but not oftener than the forebodings of the gloomy."
"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
"I cannot live without books."
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
"The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave."
"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"He who knows best knows how little he knows."
"Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far."
"Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state."
"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing."
"Delay is preferable to error."
"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do."
"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."
"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government."
"One man with courage is a majority."
"I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."
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