Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights. - Thomas Jefferson

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. - Thomas Jefferson

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. - Thomas Jefferson

When we reflect how difficult it is to move or deflect the great machine of society, how impossible to advance the notions of a whole people suddenly to ideal right, we see the wisdom of Solon's remark, that no more good must be attempted than the na. - Thomas Jefferson

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe. - Thomas Jefferson

When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. - Thomas Jefferson

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which they have bound themselves, the rest have a natural right to compel them to obedience. - Thomas Jefferson

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred. - Thomas Jefferson

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred. - Thomas Jefferson

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