2,194 Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must

Never spend your money before you have it.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Some of my finest hours have been spent on my back veranda, smoking hemp and observing as far as my eye can see.

I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendancy of one sect over another.

Truth and honesty are vital for advertising, especially for organizations that desire continuing relationships.

Paper is poverty. It is only the ghost of money, and not money itself.

A little rebellion now and then is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.

The second office of the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery.