Thomas Jefferson Quotes about Time

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Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.

Thomas Jefferson

Trust, Time, Democracies Have

Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). “Jefferson: Political Writings”, p.235, Cambridge University Press

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

Thomas Jefferson

Life, Time, Godly

Thomas Jefferson (1774). “A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774)”, p.31, Academic Resources Corp

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

Thomas Jefferson

Inspirational, Time, Patriotic

Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.86, Rowman & Littlefield

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.

Thomas Jefferson

Time, Fear, Long

Thomas Jefferson (2010). “The Works of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. IX (in 12 Volumes)”, p.210, Cosimo, Inc.

Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.

Thomas Jefferson

Time, Men, Lost