Thomas Jefferson

The Bible makes the best people in the world.

Thomas Jefferson

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.

Thomas Jefferson

The dead should not rule the living.

Thomas Jefferson

The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.

Thomas Jefferson

The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents.

Thomas Jefferson

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

Thomas Jefferson

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Thomas Jefferson

The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers.

Thomas Jefferson

The greatest good we can do our country is to heal its party divisions and make them one people.

Thomas Jefferson

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its affections to a few esteemed characters.

Thomas Jefferson