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• Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political
  peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations,--entangling alliances with none...
• But, sir, the people themselves have it in their power effectually to resist usurpation, without being driven to an appeal of arms.
  An act of usurpation is not obligatory; it is not law...
• Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself.
  Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others?" -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)...
• That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
  -- Thomas Jefferso...
• It is error alone which needs the support of government.
  Truth can stand by itself. -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Notes on Virginia...
• Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself.
  Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others?...
• The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
  What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value....
• When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
  -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) -- Life of Jefferson (Rayner), p. 356...
• When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
  Thomas Jefferson [letter,1807]...