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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

American statesman

Lived from: 1743 - 1826

Category: Politics | Artists | Philosophers Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 13 april 1743 Died: 4 july 1826

  • The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.
  • Tranquility is the old man's milk.

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  • Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.
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  • An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.
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  • I have no ambition to govern men. It is a painful and thankless office
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  • I have not observed men's honesty to increase with their riches.
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  • There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.
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  • Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
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  • We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness…
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What are the most famous quotes from Thomas Jefferson?

The two most famous quotes from Thomas Jefferson are:

  • "Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital."
  • "An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry."

When did Thomas Jefferson live?

Thomas Jefferson was born in 1743 and died in the year 1826.