Thomas Jefferson

“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”

“It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.”

“We never repent of having eaten too little.”

“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.”

“He who knows best knows how little he knows.”

“I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.”

“No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.”

“Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.”

“No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.”

“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”

“There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.”

“The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.”

“I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.”

“Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.”

“A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.”

“In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.”

“I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.”

“A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, 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.”

“That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.”

“Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.”

“One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.”