{"author":"Thomas Jefferson","author_id":"Thomas+Jefferson","total_quotes":323,"quotes":[{"text":"The executive power in our government is not the only, perhaps not even the principal, object of my solicitude. The tyranny of the legislature is really the danger most to be feared, and will continue to be so for many years to come. The tyranny of the executive power will come in its turn, but at a more distant period.","author":"Thomas Jefferson","tags":["american-government","democracy","power","separation-of-powers","tyranny"],"id":806,"author_id":"Thomas+Jefferson"},{"text":"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.","author":"Thomas Jefferson","tags":["life","freedom","men "],"id":1335,"author_id":"Thomas+Jefferson"},{"text":"I hold it  that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing  and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.","author":"Thomas Jefferson","tags":["revolution","reform"],"id":1580,"author_id":"Thomas+Jefferson"},{"text":"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.","author":"Thomas Jefferson","tags":["courage","despotism","liberty","life","timid"],"id":1963,"author_id":"Thomas+Jefferson"},{"text":"I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.","author":"Thomas Jefferson","tags":["contenment","life"],"id":3138,"author_id":"Thomas+Jefferson"},{"text":"Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted.","author":"Thomas Jefferson","tags":["america","present","will "],"id":4858,"author_id":"Thomas+Jefferson"},{"text":"Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.","author":"Thomas Jefferson","tags":["education","people","trusted "],"id":4934,"author_id":"Thomas+Jefferson"},{"text":"I cannot live without books.","author":"Thomas Jefferson","tags":["books"],"id":6348,"author_id":"Thomas+Jefferson"},{"text":"Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.","author":"Thomas Jefferson","tags":["fitness","yourself","walk "],"id":6806,"author_id":"Thomas+Jefferson"},{"text":"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.","author":"Thomas Jefferson","tags":["dogmatism","rational","reason","religion"],"id":7363,"author_id":"Thomas+Jefferson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":323,"pages":33,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}