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."
"One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them."
"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."
"Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits."
"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government."