Thomas Jefferson

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none…

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves…

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers…

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with…

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast…

Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and…

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past…

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and…

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want…

No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free no one…

He who knows best knows how little he knows…

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself…

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal that…

It is neither wealth nor splendor but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness…

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish…