2,194 Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

Trial by jury is part of that bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.

As for what is not true, you will always find abundance in the newspapers.

The only orthodox object of the institution of government is to secure the greatest degree of happiness possible to the general mass of those associated under it.

You will perceive by my preaching that I am growing old: it is the privilege of years, and I am sure you will pardon it from the purity of it's motives.

State a moral case to a plowman and a professor. The former will decide it as well, and often better than the latter, because he has not been led astray by artificial rules.

If I could not go to Heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.

As new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times.

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life.