“I have lived temperately, eating little animal food, and that not as an aliment, so much as a condiment for the vegetables, which constitute my principal diet.”

Thomas Jefferson

“The rich alone use imported articles, and on these alone the whole taxes of the General Government are levied...and its surplus applied to canals, roads, schools, etc., the farmer will see his government supported, his children educated, and the face of his country made a paradise by the contributions of the rich alone, without his being called on to spend a cent from his earnings.”

Thomas Jefferson

“Whiskey claims to itself alone the exclusive office of sot-making.”

Thomas Jefferson

“We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.”

Thomas Jefferson

“May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.”

Thomas Jefferson

“Delay is preferable to error.”

Thomas Jefferson

“The earth belongs always to the living generations.”

Thomas Jefferson

“Take things always by their smooth handle.”

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

“Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.”

Thomas Jefferson

“If all be true that I do think, there are five reasons we should drink. Good friends, good times, or being dry, or lest we should be by and by, or any other reason why”

Thomas Jefferson

“An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.” 

Thomas Jefferson

“I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.” 

Thomas Jefferson

“The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to.”

Thomas Jefferson

“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.”

Thomas Jefferson


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