Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
I thank heaven that the 4th. of July is over. It is always a day of great fatigue to me, and of some embarrassments from improper intrusions and some from unintended exclusions.
Thomas Jefferson
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Thomas Jefferson
Age: 83 †
Born: 1743
Born: April 2
Died: 1826
Died: July 4
3Rd U.S. President
Archaeologist
Architect
Cryptographer
Diplomat
Farmer
Inventor
Jurist
Lawyer
Philosopher
Politician
Slaveholder
President Jefferson
T. Jefferson
Fatigue
Exclusions
July
Embarrassments
Thank
Intrusions
Thanks
Unintended
Heaven
Improper
Great
Intrusion
Always
Exclusion
Embarrassment
More quotes by Thomas Jefferson
Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.
Thomas Jefferson
The sheep are happier of themselves, than under the care of wolves.
Thomas Jefferson
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
Thomas Jefferson
There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.
Thomas Jefferson
I believe the states can best govern our home concerns, and the general government our foreign ones.
Thomas Jefferson
No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.
Thomas Jefferson
I am... for freedom of the press, and against all violations of the Constitution to silence by force and not by reason the complaints or criticisms, just or unjust, of our citizens against the conduct of their agents.
Thomas Jefferson
Question with boldness even the existence of a god.
Thomas Jefferson
I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern.
Thomas Jefferson
For St. Paul only says that it is better to be married than to burn. Now I presume that if that apostle had known that providence would at an after day be so kind to any particular set of people as to furnish them with other means of extinguishing their fire than those of matrimony, he would have earnestly recmmended them to their practice.
Thomas Jefferson
We are sensible of the duty and expediency of submitting our opinions to the will of the majority, and can wait with patience till they get right if they happen to be at any time wrong.
Thomas Jefferson
We do not mean to count or weigh our contributions by any standard other than that of our abilities.
Thomas Jefferson
The sun has not caught me in bed in fifty years.
Thomas Jefferson
The persons and property of our citizens are entitled to the protection of our government in all places where they may lawfully go.
Thomas Jefferson
I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.
Thomas Jefferson
Rogueries, absurdities and untruths were perpetrated upon the teachings of Jesus by a large band of dupes and importers led by Paul, the first great corrupter of the teaching of Jesus.
Thomas Jefferson
Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by rendering them my supreme delight.
Thomas Jefferson
I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greece and Rome have left us.
Thomas Jefferson
The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.
Thomas Jefferson
Paper money is liable to be abused, has been, is, and forever will be abused, in every country in which it is permitted.
Thomas Jefferson
