Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

 Especially
read the last quote from
1802. 
  
  When
we get piled
 upon one another in large
cities, as in Europe,

 we shall become as corrupt as
Europe
.
Thomas
Jefferson
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The
democracy will cease to exist
 when you
take away from those
 who are willing
to work and give to those who would
not. 
 Thomas
Jefferson It
is incumbent on every
 generation to
pay its own debts as it goes.
 A
principle which if acted on would save

 one-half the wars of the world.

Thomas
Jefferson  
 
  
I
predict future happiness for
 Americans
if they can prevent the government

 from wasting the labors of the people
under the
 pretense of taking care of
them. 
 Thomas
Jefferson  

 
  
My
reading of history convinces me
 that
most bad government results from too much

 government.

Thomas
Jefferson  
 
  
No
free man shall ever be debarred
 the
use of arms.
Thomas
Jefferson  
 
  
The
strongest reason for the
 people to
retain the right to keep and bear arms

 is, as a last resort, to protect
themselves
 against tyranny in
government.
Thomas
Jefferson  
 
  
The
tree of liberty must be
 refreshed from
time to time with the blood of

 patriots and tyrants.

Thomas
Jefferson  
 
  
To
compel a man to subsidize with
 his
taxes the propagation of ideas which he

 disbelieves and abhors is sinful and
tyrannical. 
 Thomas
Jefferson  
 
  
Thomas
 Jefferson said in
1802:
‘I
believe that
 banking institutions are
more dangerous to
 our liberties
than standing armies.

 If
the American people ever allow
 private
banks to control the issue of their

 currency, first by
inflation,
then
by
 deflation, the banks and
corporations that will
 grow up around
the banks will deprive the people
 of
all property –
until
their children
 wake-up homeless on the
continent their fathers

 conquered.’