Thomas Jefferson

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the…

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government…

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty…

Power is not alluring to pure minds…

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope…

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of…

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject…

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money…

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is…

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government…

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind…

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty…

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that…

If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under…

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just that his justice…