More quotes by Thomas Jefferson

"A nation which expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, expects that which never was and never will be."
"I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office."
"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."
"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."
"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money."