More quotes by Thomas Jefferson

"Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom."
"I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office."
"I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led."
"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."
"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."