Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.

A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.

Taste cannot be controlled by law

Taste cannot be controlled by law

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous...

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous...

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 God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

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

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...

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

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

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

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may...

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may...

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

We never repent of having eaten too little.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong...

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong...

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.