Thomas Jefferson Quotes

  • Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
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    Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
    ~ Thomas Jefferson
  • Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
    ~ Thomas Jefferson
  • The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.Upload to Facebook
    The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
    ~ Thomas Jefferson
  • My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
    ~ Thomas Jefferson
  • The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
    ~ Thomas Jefferson
  • It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
    ~ Thomas Jefferson
  • Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.
    ~ Thomas Jefferson
  • If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed.
    ~ Thomas Jefferson
  • Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
    ~ Thomas Jefferson
  • Never spend your money before you have earned it.
    ~ Thomas Jefferson
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