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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Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

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 find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more...

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more...

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

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,...

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

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...

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.

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their...

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their...

Our principles are founded on the immovable basis of equal right and reason.

Our principles are founded on the immovable basis of equal right and reason.

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of...

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of...

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not...

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not...

And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and...

And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and...