Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

—Thomas Jefferson

About Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S. April 2], 1743 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Father and the third president of the United States, serving from 1801 to 1809. A prolific writer and philosopher, Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. His political philosophy formed the basis...

More quotations from Thomas Jefferson

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

—Thomas Jefferson

Every day we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life…, our way of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment, we are alive.

—Thomas Jefferson

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniencies attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.

—Thomas Jefferson

Wrong' is one of those concepts that depends on witnesses.

—Thomas Jefferson

Determine never to be idle… It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

—Thomas Jefferson

History

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