Thomas Jefferson Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

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

“To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.”

“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”

“Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.”

“Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.”

“The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.”

“Be polite to all, but intimate with few.”

“Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.”

“Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.”

“It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.”