Thomas Jefferson1743–1826The quotations of
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809
1743–1826
73 quotes, most often on Government, America and Truth & Lies. Part of the U.S. Presidents and Founding Fathers collections.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Letter to William Stephens Smith (13 November 1787). Manuscript at the Library of Congress.I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
In: John F. Nash Christianity: the One, the Many: What Christianity Might Have Been and Could Still Become, Volume 1, Xlibris Corporation,14 February 2008, p. 11.I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever.
Notes on the State of Virginia (1785), Query XVIII (Richmond, 1853), pp. 174–175- Letter to Peter Carr (1787), Scan of the original page at The Library of Congress.
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
- Letter to John Sinclair (1798)
Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations—entangling alliances with none.
- Letter to William Charles Jarvis (28 September 1820)
- Letter to Thomas Cooper (29 November 1802)
- Letter to Colonel Charles Yancey (6 January 1816) ME 14:384
- Letter to John Adams (12 September 1821)
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Letter to John Adams (1 August 1816)- Letter to Abigail Smith Adams from Paris while a Minister to France (22 February 1787), referring to Shay’s Rebellion. “Jefferson’s Service to the New Nation,” Library of Congress
Often credited to Thomas Jefferson
Quotes often credited to Thomas Jefferson that were said or written by someone else.
