Thomas Jefferson Quotes

1743-1826, Third President of the USA
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“Taste cannot be controlled by law.”
Taste
“Tranquility is the old man's milk.”
Tranquility
“Information is the currency of democracy.”
Information
“Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.”
Tyranny
“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”
Vigilance
“We seldom report of having eaten too little.”
Food and Eating
“Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.”
Travel and Tourism
“We rarely repent of having eaten too little.”
Regret
“Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.”
Pride
“Victory and defeat are each of the same price.”
Victory
“Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.”
Life and Living
“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”
Procrastination
“Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.”
Honesty
“The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.”
Liberty
“Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it as earned.”
Labor
“Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.”
Ridicule
“The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.”
Truth
“Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.”
Happiness
“The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.”
Liberty
“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”
Luck
“How much pain worries have cost us that have never happened?”
Worry
“The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.”
Thoughts and Thinking
“Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.”
Innovation
“The advertisements are the most truthful part of a newspaper.”
Newspapers
“Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.”
Speech
“Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.”
Bankers and Banking
“A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.”
Coward and Cowardice