Logo
Quote by Thomas Jefferson
I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. – Thomas Jefferson

Other quotes by Thomas Jefferson

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. – Thomas Jefferson

Category:
God
Author
Thomas Jefferson
Read Quote

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted. – Thomas Jefferson

Category:
Peace
Author
Thomas Jefferson
Read Quote

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. – Thomas Jefferson

Category:
Presidents Day
Author
Thomas Jefferson
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Government
category

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. – William Ellery Channing

Category:
Government

Government is, by its very nature, a destroyer of liberties the Obama administration, specifically, is promising to interfere with the economy and the health care system so profoundly that Washington will soon have us all in chains. – Thomas Frank

Category:
Government

Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy. – P. J. ORourke

Category:
Government

And I can tell you that history will back up what Im about to say and that is that there is no government run by conservatives, Republicans, put whoever you want there, if you give government the opportunity to spend more money than it has, it will do it. It will do it every time. – Marco Rubio

Category:
Government

Random Quotes

Bobby Knight told me this: There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense. In other words a good offense wins. – Dan Quayle

Category:
Sports

What if I couldnt handle peoples opinions of me? I know that shouldnt dictate a persons degree of peace or happiness in life, but the problem is, I chose a business saturated in judgment. – Chris Evans

Category:
Business

Ive got all the money Ill ever need, if I die by four oclock. – Henny Youngman

Category:
Money

We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the government. – Andrew Jackson

Category:
Government