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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Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish...

But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish...

I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely...

I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely...

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be...

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be...

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful...

Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful...

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I...

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I...

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much a part of man as his leg...

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much a part of man as his leg...

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

Victory and defeat are each of the same price.

Victory and defeat are each of the same price.

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

How much does free cost?

How much does free cost?

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they...

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they...

A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth.

A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth.

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my...

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my...

Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding

Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding