The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it.
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Slavery]

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Soldier]

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Speech]

We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it.
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Strength]

Taste cannot be controlled by law.
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Taste]

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Thoughts and Thinking]

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Trade]

Tranquility is the old man's milk.
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Tranquility]

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Travel and Tourism]

For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead...
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Truth]

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Truth]

The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Truth]

I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Tyranny]

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Tyranny]

Victory and defeat are each of the same price.
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Victory]

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Vigilance]

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Peace]

While wading through the whimsies, the puerilities, and unintelligible jargon of this work [Plato's Republic], I laid it down often to ask myself how it could have been that the world should have so long consented to give reputation to such nonsense as this?
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Philosophers and Philosophy]

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Pleasure]

Politics are such a torment that I would advise every one I love not to mix with them.
~ Thomas Jefferson - [Politicians and Politics]