Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong — Thomas Jefferson
My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap — Thomas Jefferson
The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its affections — Thomas Jefferson
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may — Thomas Jefferson
The mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few to ride them. — Thomas Jefferson
A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement — Thomas Jefferson
Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. — Thomas Jefferson
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already — Thomas Jefferson
The people cannot be all, and always well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented — Thomas Jefferson
I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever — Thomas Jefferson
In justice, too, to our excellent constitution, it ought to be observed, that it has not placed — Thomas Jefferson
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. — Thomas Jefferson
Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind. — Thomas Jefferson
I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man’s milk and restorative cordial. — Thomas Jefferson
The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. — Thomas Jefferson
I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed sometimes fail — Thomas Jefferson
If the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have patience till luck turns — Thomas Jefferson