“I cannot live without books.”
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
“Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
“I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
“Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.”
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.”
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
“On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.”
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
“I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it”
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations."
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading."
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious. Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first."
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite."
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty."
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery."
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"A private central bank issuing the public currency is a greater menace to the liberties of the people than a standing army. We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt."
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper."
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases."
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"To learn, you have to listen. To improve, you have to try."
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious."
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error."
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"I think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowlege among the people. no other sure foundation can be devised for the preservation of freedom, and happiness."
― Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)