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More Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety.
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.
To learn, you have to listen. To improve, you have to try.
Free men do not ask permission to bear arms
The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
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.
The Bible makes the best people in the world.
When you abandon freedom to achieve security, you lose both and deserve neither.
A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.