Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.
Thomas Jefferson quote Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
Thomas Jefferson quote Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.
Thomas Jefferson quote Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
Thomas Jefferson quote A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labour and bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
Thomas Jefferson quote Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
Thomas Jefferson quote Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
Thomas Jefferson quote Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Thomas Jefferson quote Biography
American politician linked to the Declaration of Independence
