Thomas Jefferson Quotes

"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government."

"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government."

"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government."

"One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them."

"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."

"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."

"In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue."

"In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue."

"I cannot live without books."

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."

"Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it."

"Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it."

"Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?"

"Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom."

"Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom."

"Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom."

"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."

"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."

"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do."

"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."

"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."

"Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits."

"Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits."

"Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits."

"Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits."

"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money."

"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money."