Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
Every generation needs a new revolution. – Thomas Jefferson
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery. – Thomas Jefferson
He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it easier to do it a second time. – Thomas Jefferson
Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much can be done if we are always doing. – 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
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. – Thomas Jefferson
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. – Thomas Jefferson
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. – Thomas Jefferson
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. – Thomas Jefferson
Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the general progress of the human mind. – Thomas Jefferson
It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice. – Thomas Jefferson
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. – Thomas Jefferson
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. – Thomas Jefferson
I find that the harder I nap, the more luck I seem to have. – Thomas Jefferson
Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold. – Thomas Jefferson
No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden. – Thomas Jefferson
Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God. – Thomas Jefferson
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it. – Thomas Jefferson
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine. – Thomas Jefferson
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