Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President, (1801-1809)

“Patriotism is not a short frenzied burst of emotion, but the long and steady dedication of a lifetime.”

“A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.”

“We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it.”

“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”

“Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.”

“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”

“Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.”

“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.”