Thomas Jefferson
View AuthorThe tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants: it is its natural fertilizer.
Thomas Jefferson
View AuthorMen cannot be expected to be transferred from despotism to freedom on a featherbed.
Thomas Jefferson
View AuthorWhen someone assumes a public office, they should consider themselves as public property.
Thomas Jefferson
View AuthorOne thing explains history well, and that is what bad governments consist of.
Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson
View AuthorThere is no king who, having sufficient strength, is not always willing to become an absolute ruler.
Thomas Jefferson
View AuthorI agree with the ancient Romans that today's general must be tomorrow, if necessary, a common soldier.
Thomas Jefferson
View AuthorNever buy what is useless to you under the pretext that it is cheap.
Thomas Jefferson
View AuthorI have seen enough of a war to not wish to see another.
Thomas Jefferson
View AuthorIf I had to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I would not hesitate to prefer the latter.
Thomas Jefferson
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