Top 10 Famous Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was a prominent American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father. He served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809. Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence and a leading advocate for democracy, republicanism, and individual rights. He implemented policies to reduce the national debt and acquired the Louisiana Territory. Despite owning over 600 enslaved people, Jefferson remains a complex and controversial figure due to his relationship with Sally Hemings. He died on July 4, 1826, and the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. was dedicated to him in 1943.

Top 10 Famous Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

1. "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

2. "When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred."
— Thomas Jefferson

3. "I cannot live without books."
— Thomas Jefferson

4. "Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom."
— Thomas Jefferson

5. "The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do."
— Thomas Jefferson

6. "All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world."
— Thomas Jefferson

7. "Be polite to all, but intimate with few."
— Thomas Jefferson

8. "Science is my passion; politics, my duty."
— Thomas Jefferson

9. "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it."
— Thomas Jefferson

10. "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
— Thomas Jefferson