2,194 Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.

I hope we shall . . . crush in [its] birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations.

...in war, they will kill some of us; we shall destroy all of them

Not for ourselves alone, but for all humanity... Let us hasten to find the path that leads to liberty, safety, and peace for everyone.

The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty.

the qualifications for self-government in society are not innate. they are the result of habit and long training.

You see I am an enthusiast on the subject of the arts. But it is an enthusiasm of which I am not ashamed, as its object is to improve the taste of my countrymen, to increase their reputation, to reconcile to them the respect of the world, and procure them its praise.

The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It had only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican.

What justice would there be to take this life? Justice, gentlemen? Why, I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this.