Thomas Jefferson Quotes
September 7, 2010
The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of mankind; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.
- Thomas Jefferson
The less we have to do with the enmities of Europe the better. Not in our day, but at no distant one, we may shake a rod over the heads of all, which may make the stoutest tremble. But 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
The qualifications of self-government in society are not innate. They are the result of habit and long training, and for these they will require time and probably much suffering.
- Thomas Jefferson
The question before the human race is, whether the God of Nature shall govern the world by His own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it obey fictitious miracles.
- Thomas Jefferson
The study of the law is useful in a variety of points of view. It qualifies a man to be useful to himself, to his neighbors and to the public. It is the most certain stepping-stone in a political line.
- Thomas Jefferson
When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which they have bound themselves, the rest have a natural right to compel obedience.
- Thomas Jefferson
Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right. The earth is given as a common stock for men to labor and live on. ...The small landowners are the most precious part of the State.
- Thomas Jefferson
An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.
- Thomas Jefferson
Enlighten the people generally and tyranny and oppressions of both mind and body will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
- Thomas Jefferson
I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial.
- Thomas Jefferson
