A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure...

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure...

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale...

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale...

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending...

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending...

The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.

The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like...

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like...

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his...

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his...

I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the...

I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the...

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Health is worth more than learning.

Health is worth more than learning.

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion....

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion....

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his...

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his...

And I've come to the - to the - to the place where I believe...

And I've come to the - to the - to the place where I believe...