The 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.
- Liberty
- War & Peace
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniencies attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Letter to Archibald Stuart , Philadelphia (23 December 1791)
- Liberty
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
Letter to Edward Carrington, Paris (27 May 1788)
- Government
- Liberty
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.
Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774); The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (19 Vols., 1905) edited by Andrew A. Lipscomb and Albert Ellery Bergh, Vol. 1, p. 211
- God
- Liberty
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.
The Declaration of Independence (1776), Declaration of Independence (4 July 1776), which he draftedIn context
- America
- Liberty

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