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Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Thomas Jefferson quotes

American President April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826

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To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. Thomas Jefferson
And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free..."
Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two..."
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. Thomas Jefferson
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "The republican is the only form of government which is not..."
The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "Be polite to all, but intimate with few."
Be polite to all, but intimate with few. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "in war, they will kill some of us; we shall destroy all of..."
...in war, they will kill some of us; we shall destroy all of them Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "No government ought to be without censors; and where the press..."
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will. Thomas Jefferson
Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching."
Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour."
Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "The only security of all is in a free press."
The only security of all is in a free press. Thomas Jefferson
We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead."
The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead. Thomas Jefferson

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