Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. — Thomas Jefferson
Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a censor – over each other. — Thomas Jefferson
Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. — Thomas Jefferson
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty. — Thomas Jefferson
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish — Thomas Jefferson
As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also. — Thomas Jefferson
Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. — Thomas Jefferson
A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. — Thomas Jefferson
All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority — Thomas Jefferson
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. — Thomas Jefferson
An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed — Thomas Jefferson
It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong. — Thomas Jefferson
It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. — Thomas Jefferson
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of. — Thomas Jefferson
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. — Thomas Jefferson
It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place — Thomas Jefferson
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. — Thomas Jefferson
War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. — Thomas Jefferson
We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority — Thomas Jefferson