Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President
| Date of Birth | : | 13 Apr, 1743 |
| Date of Death | : | 04 Jul, 1826 |
| Place of Birth | : | Shadwell, Virginia, United States |
| Profession | : | Lawyer, Philosopher, Author |
| Nationality | : | American |
Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Quotes
Total 25 Quotes
When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.
The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.
When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty.
I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious. Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.
There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety.
A true patriot will defend his country from its government.
When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.
When you abandon freedom to achieve security, you lose both and deserve neither.
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.
