Thomas Jefferson ( 10 of 137 )
Every generation needs a new revolution.
Every generation needs a new revolution.
The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.
The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.
The earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.
The earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is read more
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure.
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our read more
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn read more
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the Judiciary, which they may read more
The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the Judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please.
If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is, that read more
If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is, that we should have nothing to do with conquest
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.