I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Perfect happiness I believe was never intended by the deity to be the lot of...

Perfect happiness I believe was never intended by the deity to be the lot of...

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than...

The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than...

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

We don't come here [Canada] for our health. We can think of other ways of...

We don't come here [Canada] for our health. We can think of other ways of...

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.

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the...

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the...

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

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.

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into...

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into...

It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of...

It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

The Lord said 'let there be wheat' and Saskatchewan was born.

The Lord said 'let there be wheat' and Saskatchewan was born.

The gap in our economy is between what we have and what we think we...

The gap in our economy is between what we have and what we think we...

Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy...

Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy...