Thomas Jefferson Quotes

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
Thomas Jefferson

Age, Country, Liberty

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.
Thomas Jefferson

Education, Mind, Darkness

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.
Thomas Jefferson

Government, Friend, Energetic

Delay is preferable to error.
Thomas Jefferson

Error, Delay, Preferable

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.
Thomas Jefferson

Parent, Force, Principle

There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.
Thomas Jefferson

Truth, Fear, Wish

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
Thomas Jefferson

Free, Able, Read

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
Thomas Jefferson

Politics, Men, Ambition

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.
Thomas Jefferson

Person, Moment, Theory

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.
Thomas Jefferson

Truth, Society, Important

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.
Thomas Jefferson

Time, Good, Men

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it.
Thomas Jefferson

Love, Politics, Everyone

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.
Thomas Jefferson

Friend, Injured, Foes

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
Thomas Jefferson

Single, Read, Nor

Power is not alluring to pure minds.
Thomas Jefferson

Power, Minds, Pure

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.
Thomas Jefferson

Religion, Opinion, Office

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.
Thomas Jefferson

Beauty, Wisdom, Jealous

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.
Thomas Jefferson

Hope, Dream, Despair

The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.
Thomas Jefferson

Country, Spirit, Military

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
Thomas Jefferson

Fear, Live, Long

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.
Thomas Jefferson

Nothing, Rights, Inherent

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.
Thomas Jefferson

Friendship, Peace, Honest

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.
Thomas Jefferson

Mind, Human, Body

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.
Thomas Jefferson

Liberty, Expect, Despotism

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.
Thomas Jefferson

Fitness, Health, Learning

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: April 13, 1743

Died: July 4, 1826

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