It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.Thomas Jefferson
I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.Thomas Jefferson
A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.Thomas Jefferson
I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.Thomas Jefferson
If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?Thomas Jefferson
The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.Thomas Jefferson
No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place.Thomas Jefferson
