Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
- Thomas Jefferson
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
- Thomas Jefferson
Victory and defeat are each of the same price.
- Thomas Jefferson
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
- Thomas Jefferson
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
- Thomas Jefferson
It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.
- Thomas Jefferson
An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.
- Thomas Jefferson
A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.
- Thomas Jefferson
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
- Thomas Jefferson
I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
- Thomas Jefferson
Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man
- Thomas Jefferson
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
- THOMAS JEFFERSON
It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
― Thomas Jefferson
Every generation needs a new revolution.
- Thomas Jefferson
If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off.
- Thomas Jefferson
The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements.
- Thomas Jefferson
Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.
― Thomas Jefferson
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
― Thomas Jefferson