Health is value greater than studying.

An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable them to exercise oversight. It is therefore imperative that the nation see to it that a suitable education be provided for all its citizens.

I never before knew the full value of trees....What would I not give that the trees planted nearest round the house at Monticello were full grown.

The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents.

I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.

Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just nation.

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.