Quotes from Thomas Jefferson
God grant that men of principle shall be our principal men.
- Thomas Jefferson
The moral sense, or conscience, is as much part of a man as his leg or arm. It is given to all in a stronger or weaker degree.. It may be strengthened by exercise.
- Thomas Jefferson
Against us are all timid men who prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty We are likely to preserve the liberty we have obtained only by unremitting labors and perils.
- Thomas Jefferson
The uniform tenor of a man's life furnishes better evidence of what he has said or done on any particular occasion than the word of any enemy.
- Thomas Jefferson
I have learnt to expect that it will rarely fall to the lot of imperfect man to retire from this station with the reputation and the favor which bring him into it.
- Thomas Jefferson
An equal application of law to every condition of man is fundamental.
- Thomas Jefferson
The equal rights of man and the happiness of every individual are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
- Thomas Jefferson
We do not mean to count or weigh our contributions by any standard other than that of our abilities.
- Thomas Jefferson
The sun has not caught me in bed in fifty years.
- Thomas Jefferson
Whether I retire to bed early or late, I rise with the sun.
- Thomas Jefferson
Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.
- Thomas Jefferson
Exercise and application produce order in our affairs, health of body, cheerfulness of mind, and these make us precious to our friends
- Thomas Jefferson