More quotes by Thomas Jefferson

"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."
"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty."
"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."
"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money."
"I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be."