Thomas Jefferson Quotes (12+)

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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened!

I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal.

Never spend your money before you have it.

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

I cannot live without books.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.

Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

About the Author

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third President of the United States. A brilliant polymath, he championed liberty, democracy, and individual rights.