More quotes by Thomas Jefferson

"One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them."
"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money."
"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty."
"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."