Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President
| Date of Birth | : | 13 Apr, 1743 |
| Date of Death | : | 04 Jul, 1826 |
| Place of Birth | : | Shadwell, Virginia, United States |
| Profession | : | Lawyer, Philosopher, Author |
| Nationality | : | American |
Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Quotes
Total 25 Quotes
A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.
You know well that government always kept a kind of standing army of newswriters who, without any regard to truth or to what should be like truth, invented and put into the papers whatever might serve the [government] ministers. This suffices with the mass of the people who have no means of distinguishing the false from the true paragraphs of a newspaper.
The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order.
The reason that Christianity is the best friend of government is because Christianity is the only religion that changes the heart.
