Thomas Jefferson

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The Literature Page Determine never to be idle...It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing. Thomas Jefferson Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it. Thomas JeffersonEnlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day. Thomas JeffersonEvery citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state. Thomas JeffersonHonesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. Thomas JeffersonI believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Thomas JeffersonI cannot live without books. Thomas JeffersonI do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it. Thomas Jefferson I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Thomas JeffersonIn matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Thomas JeffersonIt is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation which give happiness. Thomas JeffersonNever fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment. Thomas JeffersonNever spend your money before you have it. Thomas Jefferson Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself. Thomas JeffersonNo instance exists of a person's writing two languages perfectly. That will always appear to be his native language which was most familiar to him in his youth. Thomas JeffersonNothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. Thomas JeffersonSay nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought in my life: if it has been honest and dutiful to society the religion which has regulated it cannot be a bad one. Thomas Jefferson Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear. Thomas Jefferson The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. Thomas Jefferson The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. Thomas JeffersonThe will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object. Thomas JeffersonWalking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. Thomas Jefferson We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it. Thomas JeffersonWe in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate. Thomas JeffersonI believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs. Thomas Jefferson, (Attributed) I would rather be exposed to the inconveniencies attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it. Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Archibald Stuart, December 23, 1791 I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty. Thomas Jefferson, letter to Count Diodati, 1807No government ought to be without censors & where the press is free, no one ever will. Thomas Jefferson, letter to George Washington, September 9, 1792Health is worth more than learning. Thomas Jefferson, letter to his cousin John Garland Jefferson, June 11, 1790 If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it. Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Lewis, Jr., May 9, 1798

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