Thomas Jefferson Quotes
– “A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.”
– “When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.”
– “The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”
– “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.”
– “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.”
– “My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.”
– “No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.”
– “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.”
– “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
– “To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.”