“...that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Quotations
Thomas Jefferson quotes
11 quotations from Thomas Jefferson. None are matched against the archive's own text: 8 carry a named source outside the archive and 3 are shown unverified.
“No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms.”
“...And among these rights are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
“And what country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that its people preserve the spirit of resistance?”
“What county can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that its people preserve the spirit of resistance?”
“Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.”
“We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.”
“The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But 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.”
“Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.”
“It should be remembered as an axiom of eternal truth in politics, that whatever power in any government is independent, is absolute also; in theory only at first while the spirit of the people is up, but in practice as fast as that relaxes.”
“We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”