Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it. Thomas Jefferson on love
A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities. Thomas Jefferson on men
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Thomas Jefferson on men
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. Thomas Jefferson on men
As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also. Thomas Jefferson on men
An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry. Thomas Jefferson on men
I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master. Thomas Jefferson on men
Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital. Thomas Jefferson on men
I have no ambition to govern men it is a painful and thankless office. Thomas Jefferson on men
It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. Thomas Jefferson on men
There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. Thomas Jefferson on men
The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money. Thomas Jefferson on money
Never spend your money before you have earned it. Thomas Jefferson on money
Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. Thomas Jefferson on money
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. Thomas Jefferson on motivational
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 on motivational
A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks. Thomas Jefferson on nature
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it. Thomas Jefferson on peace
Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none. Thomas Jefferson on peace
Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted. Thomas Jefferson on peace