A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every
government on Earth... and what no just government should refuse.
-- Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison, Paris, Dec. 20, 1787
government on Earth... and what no just government should refuse.
-- Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison, Paris, Dec. 20, 1787
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and as necessary in the political world as storms... - The late rebellion in Massachusetts has given more alarm than I think it
should have done.
Calculate that one rebellion in 13 states in the course... - A little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the
political world as storms in the physical.
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Madison,... - What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not
warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit
of resistance?
Let them take arms!" -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)... - Quote #392
"And what country can preserve its liberties,
if its rulers are not warned from time to time that... - Every answer he [President John Adams] gives to his addressers unmasks
more and more his principles and views.
His language to the young men at Philadelphia is the... - What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human
nature?
If men were angels, no government would be necessary... - The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain
occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Abigail Adams, Paris, Feb... - The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood
of patriots and tyrants.
It is it's natural manure. -- Thomas Jefferson, Letter...
