Thomas Jefferson

I will not believe our labors are lost. I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on a steady advance.

Thomas Jefferson

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.

Thomas Jefferson

I’d rather have newspapers and no government than government and no newspapers.

Thomas Jefferson

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

Thomas Jefferson

If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption.

Thomas Jefferson

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

Thomas Jefferson

If ignorance is bliss, why aren’t more people happy?

Thomas Jefferson

If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.

Thomas Jefferson

If the body be feeble, the mind will not be strong.

Thomas Jefferson

If the children are untaught, their ignorance and vices will in future life cost us much dearer in their consequences than it would have done in their correction by a good education.

Thomas Jefferson