Thomas Jefferson

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover health by medicines I am compelled to take against my own judgment; but I cannot be saved by a worship I disbelieve and abhor.

Thomas Jefferson

I never before knew the full value of trees. Under them I breakfast, dine, write, read and receive my company.

Thomas Jefferson

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

Thomas Jefferson

I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.

Thomas Jefferson

I think it is a great error to consider a heavy tax on wines as a tax on luxury. On the contrary, it is a tax on the health of our citizens.

Thomas Jefferson

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.

Thomas Jefferson

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.

Thomas Jefferson

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.

Thomas Jefferson

I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man.

Thomas Jefferson

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.

Thomas Jefferson