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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A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes...

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes...

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and...

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and...

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

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

Conscience is the only clue that will eternally guide a man clear of all doubts...

Conscience is the only clue that will eternally guide a man clear of all doubts...

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

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...

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

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 angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and...

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and...

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

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.

I live for books.

I live for books.

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

If government have a right of demanding ad libitum and of taxing us themselves to...

If government have a right of demanding ad libitum and of taxing us themselves to...

The actual, long-term results of most big-government policies are opposite to the intended results.

The actual, long-term results of most big-government policies are opposite to the intended results.

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.