Quotes from Thomas Jefferson
A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government.
- Thomas Jefferson
And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.
- Thomas Jefferson
No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity.
- Thomas Jefferson
If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.
- Thomas Jefferson
Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia.
- Thomas Jefferson
It will take a thousand years for the frontier to reach the Pacific.
- Thomas Jefferson
The dead should not rule the living.
- Thomas Jefferson
If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.
- Thomas Jefferson
It is a misnomer to call a government republican in which a branch of the supreme power is independent of the nation.
- Thomas Jefferson
Democrats consider the people as the safest depository of power in the last resort; they cherish them, therefore, and wish to leave in them all the powers to the exercise of which they are competent.
- Thomas Jefferson
Unmerited abuse wounds, while unmerited praise has not the power to heal.
- Thomas Jefferson
A superintending power to maintain the Universe in its course and order.
- Thomas Jefferson