Quotes from Jefferson Memorial

I cannot live without books. – Thomas Jefferson

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. – Thomas Jefferson

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. – Thomas Jefferson

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

I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. – Thomas Jefferson

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. – Thomas Jefferson

Delay is preferable to error. – Thomas Jefferson

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal. – Thomas Jefferson

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. – Thomas Jefferson

Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. – Thomas Jefferson

The only security of all is in a free press. – Thomas Jefferson

I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more luck I have. – Thomas Jefferson

We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate. – Thomas Jefferson

I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing. – Thomas Jefferson

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty. – Thomas Jefferson

If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so. – Thomas Jefferson

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

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery. – Thomas Jefferson

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. – Thomas Jefferson

Every generation needs a new revolution. – Thomas Jefferson

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 blindfolded fear. – Thomas Jefferson

Friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life. – Thomas Jefferson

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. – Thomas Jefferson

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power, the greater it will be. – Thomas Jefferson

To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. – Thomas Jefferson

I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. – Thomas Jefferson

I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. – Thomas Jefferson

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground. – Thomas Jefferson

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. – Thomas Jefferson

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. – Thomas Jefferson

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. – Thomas Jefferson

Experience hath shown, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. – Thomas Jefferson

He who knows best knows how little he knows. – Thomas Jefferson

The government closest to the people serves the people best. – Thomas Jefferson

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing. – Thomas Jefferson

The only way to guarantee your freedom is to exercise it. – Thomas Jefferson

I like the philosophy of work and the rewards it brings. – Thomas Jefferson

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. – Thomas Jefferson

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; and that his justice cannot sleep forever. – Thomas Jefferson

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. – Thomas Jefferson

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching. – Thomas Jefferson

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock. – Thomas Jefferson

The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution. – Thomas Jefferson

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as a cause for withdrawing from a friend. – Thomas Jefferson

If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done. – Thomas Jefferson