Thomas Jefferson Quotes & Sayings (Page 11)
Thomas Jefferson quotes and sayings page 11 (deceased president born on Apr 13, 1743). Here's quote # 101 through 110 out of the 125 we have for him.
“The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.”
“An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.”
“Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.”
“Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.”
“When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.”
“Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.”
“One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.”
“As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.”
“I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.”
“I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.”
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