More Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.
A true patriot will defend his country from its government.
The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.
It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order.
Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.
When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.
To consider judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy.
When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty.
The Bible makes the best people in the world.
The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
