Thomas Jefferson

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Thomas Jefferson

The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.

Thomas Jefferson

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

Thomas Jefferson

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.

Thomas Jefferson

The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most knows best how little he knows.

Thomas Jefferson

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

Thomas Jefferson

There is a debt of service due from every man to his country, proportioned to the bounties which nature and fortune have measured to him.

Thomas Jefferson

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

Thomas Jefferson

There is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.

Thomas Jefferson

Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.

Thomas Jefferson