Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not consti…

Thomas Jefferson
1179 citations
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2011). The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 7: 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814, p.248, Princeton University Press
Love
8

More Author Quotes

A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1829). Memoir … ▶
I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties. ✨ Tho … ▶
Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1939). Democracy
I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1854). The Writings of Thomas Jeffe … ▶
No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the fact, that man may be governed by reason and truth. Our first object should therefor … ▶

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes