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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Country United States
Born Saturday, 13 April 1743
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Quotes 165

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Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 (April 2, 1743 O.S.) – July 4, 1826) was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom (1777), the third President of the United States (1801–1809) and founder of the University of Virginia (1819). He was an influential Founding Father and an exponent of Jeffersonian democracy.

Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

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Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man. Uncategorized
No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place. Uncategorized
I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad. Uncategorized
Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism. Uncategorized
The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. Uncategorized
The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave. Uncategorized
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will. Uncategorized
Taste cannot be controlled by law. Uncategorized
That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part. Uncategorized
My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair. Uncategorized
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast. Uncategorized
Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching. Uncategorized
Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none. Uncategorized
My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me. Uncategorized
I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office. Uncategorized
Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe. Uncategorized
One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them. Uncategorized
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty. Uncategorized
It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong. Uncategorized
I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us. Uncategorized

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