2,194 Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.

I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands.

When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.

I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.

A free government is of all others the most energetic.

No man will labor for himself who can make another labor for him.

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.

Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in society, conforming, as I doubt not you will do, to our established rules. That these rules shall be as equal as prudential considerations will admit, will certainly be the aim of our legislatures, general and particular.

Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality