2,194 Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

Our ancestors, possessed a right, which nature has given to all men, of departing from the country in which chance, not choice has placed them.

Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.

The greatest service that can be rendered to any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.

If the body be feeble, the mid will not be strong.

Agriculture, manufactures, commerce and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise.

Take care that you never spell a word wrong. Always before you write a word, consider how it is spelled, and, if you do not remember, turn to a dictionary. It produces great praise to a lady to spell well. to his daughter Martha.

Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.

The ground I have already passed over enables me to see my way into that which is before me.