" Be polite to all, but intimate with few. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" I believe that justice is instinct and innate, the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as the threat of feeling, seeing and hearing. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" Question with boldness even the existance of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" Never spend your money before you have it. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" 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 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" Advertisements… contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. "

Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Nathaniel Macon, January 12, 1819 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" We never regret having eaten too little. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" I cannot live without books. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there is one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded faith. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" The happiest moments of my life have a been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" No nation was ever drunk when wine was cheap. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. "

Thomas Jefferson, letter to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1816 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" Democracy is 51% of the people taking away the rights of the other 49%. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" A little rebellion now and then…is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government. "

Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison, 1787 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" Health is worth more than learning. "

Thomas Jefferson, letter to his cousin John Garland Jefferson, June 11, 1790 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

" The tree of Liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. "

Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

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