48 quotes
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
“Lost time is never found again.”
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!"
on Freedom
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
"Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five."
on Life
"A man who would sacrifice freedom for security deserves neither."
"Never confuse Motion with Action."
on Wisdom
"Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn."
"If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed."
"Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are."
on Justice
"Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all"
"We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."
on Solidarity
"Most people die at 25 and aren’t buried until they’re 75."
"To all apparent beauties blind, each blemish strikes an envious mind."
"If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead either write things worth reading or do things worth writing."
on Writing
"The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. Your have to catch up with it yourself."
on Happiness
"Never ruin an apology with an excuse."
"Vicious actions are not hurtful because they are forbidden, but forbidden because they are hurtful."
on Ethics
"Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools that don't have brains enough to be honest."
"The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read."
on Education
"The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice."
"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead."
on Truth
