It is proof of sincerity, which I value above all things; as, between those who practice it, falsehood and malice work their efforts in vain.
Thomas JeffersonI shall rejoin myself to my native country, with new attachments, and with exaggerated esteem for its advantages; for though there is less wealth there, there is more freedom, more ease, and less misery.
Thomas JeffersonOur minds were circumscribed within narrow limits by an habitual belief that it was our duty to be subordinate to the mother country.
Thomas JeffersonIf ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.
Thomas JeffersonBodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.
Thomas JeffersonHe [Washington] has often declared to me that he considered our new constitution as an experiment on the practicability of republican government, and with what dose of liberty man could be trusted for his own good; that he was determined the experiment should have a fair trial, and would lose the last drop of his blood in support of it. And these declarations he repeated to me the oftener and the more pointedly.
Thomas Jefferson