12 valuable quotes- Thomas Jefferson 1743

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.

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

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

I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers. We must make our choice between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.

If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy.

In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.

It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which gives happiness.

Never spend your money before you have it.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

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.

A little rebellion now and then is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government. And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.