More Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.
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.
Free men do not ask permission to bear arms
The Bible makes the best people in the world.
The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood.
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.
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
A true patriot will defend his country from its government.
Equal rights for all, special privileges for none
There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety.