Thomas Jefferson Foundation Quotations

The foundation on which all our constitution are built is the natural equality of man

The truth is, that the greatest enemies to the doctrines of Jesus are those, calling themselves the expositors of them, who have perverted them for the structure of a system of fancy absolutely incomprehensible, and without any foundation in His genuine words.

The only foundation for useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion.

The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate.

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction.

Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain combinations of the head. Nature laid their foundation, therefore, in sentiment, not in science.