Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.

Thomas Jefferson

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

Benjamin Franklin

We inherited these principles and these freedoms and we here highly resolve that we shall pass them on, as we will pass on an undivided Republic purged of racism and slavery, to our descendants. The popgun discharges of a few pathetic sectarians and crackpot revisionists are negligible, and will be drowned by the mounting chorus that demands: 'Mr Jefferson! BUILD UP THAT WALL'.

Christopher Hitchens

My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!

Thomas Jefferson