All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Quotes about Thomas Jefferson

Share on:

Similar quotes

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by...

#Government

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may...

#Friendship

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

#Liberty

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

#Thomas Jefferson

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

#Government

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want...

#Thomas Jefferson

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

#Thomas Jefferson

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

#Thomas Jefferson

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

#Thomas Jefferson