Thomas Jefferson quotes

“It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“Never spend your money before you have earned it.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“He who knows best knows how little he knows.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“I cannot live without books.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“Delay is preferable to error.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.”

— Thomas Jefferson

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

— Thomas Jefferson

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

— Thomas Jefferson

“Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education”

— Thomas Jefferson

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

— Thomas Jefferson

“I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.”

— Thomas Jefferson

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