I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Common Sense Quotes, Confidence Quotes

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never spend your money before you have it.

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all...

What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all...

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

Our principles are founded on the immovable basis of equal right and reason.

Our principles are founded on the immovable basis of equal right and reason.

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be...

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be...

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the...

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the...

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.