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A dozen quotes by Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United
States. Born April 13, 1743
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I
feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against
every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.
I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and
public debt as the greatest of dangers. We must make our choice
between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we
can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people
under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy.
In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence
in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the
Constitution.
It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and
occupation, which gives happiness.
Never spend your money before you have it.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness.
A little rebellion now and then is a medicine necessary for the
sound health of government.
And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers
load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between
economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of
human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House-
-with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined
alone.
~John F. Kennedy~
Inscribed over Jefferson's grave as he had instructed:
Here was buried Thomas Jefferson
Author of the Declaration of American Independence
Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom
And Father of the University of Virginia
~Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743-1826),
A dozen quotes by Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United
States. Born April 13, 1743
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I
feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against
every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.
I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and
public debt as the greatest of dangers. We must make our choice
between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we
can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people
under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy.
In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence
in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the
Constitution.
It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and
occupation, which gives happiness.
Never spend your money before you have it.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness.
A little rebellion now and then is a medicine necessary for the
sound health of government.
And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers
load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between
economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of
human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House-
-with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined
alone.
~John F. Kennedy~
Inscribed over Jefferson's grave as he had instructed:
Here was buried Thomas Jefferson
Author of the Declaration of American Independence
Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom
And Father of the University of Virginia
~Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743-1826),
