Rights Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson writes that equal rights and personal happiness are the main goals of any government. He argues that a bill of rights protects people from any government that tries to overreach. He warns that concentrating power can destroy liberty for everyone.
![“Natural rights [are] the objects for the protection of which society is formed and municipal laws established.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/292/thomas-jefferson-43_law_natural-rights-are-the-objects-for-the-p_2759873.jpg)
![“The Declaration of Independence . . . [is the] declaratory charter of our rights, and the rights of man.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/842/thomas-jefferson-43_charter_the-declaration-of-independence-is-the-d_2986946.jpg)
![“All... natural rights may be abridged or modified in [their] exercise by law.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/53c/thomas-jefferson-43_exercise_all-natural-rights-may-be-abridged-or-mo_1941963.jpg)
![“[Oppose] with manly firmness [any] invasions on the rights of the people.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/082/thomas-jefferson-43_firmness_oppose-with-manly-firmness-any-invasions_531228.jpg)
![“I do not like [in the new Federal Constitution] the omission of a Bill of Rights providing clearly and without the aid of sophisms for... protection against standing armies” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/796/thomas-jefferson-43_aids_i-do-not-like-in-the-new-federal-constit_2689480.jpg)
![“The declaration of rights [Bill of Rights] is, like all other human blessings, alloyed with some inconveniences and not accomplishing fully its object. But the good in this instance vastly outweighs the evil.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ae3/thomas-jefferson-43_bill-of-rights_the-declaration-of-rights-bill-of-rights_2395446.jpg)
![“May [our Declaration of Independence] be to the world, what I believe it will be (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all), the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the…” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b66/thomas-jefferson-43_assuming_may-our-declaration-of-independence-be-t_1692808.jpg)
![“I am ever unwilling that [peace] should be disturbed as long as the rights and interests of the nations can be preserved. But whensoever hostile aggressions on these require a resort to war, we must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f27/thomas-jefferson-43_aggression_i-am-ever-unwilling-that-peace-should-be_563504.jpg)
![“Your sect [the Jews] by its sufferings has furnished a remarkable proof of the universal point of religious insolence, inherent in every sect, disclaimed by all while feeble and practised by all when in power. Our laws have applied the only antidote to this vice, protecting our religions, as they…” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/29c/thomas-jefferson-43_antidote_your-sect-the-jews-by-its-sufferings-has_433645.jpg)
![“A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7a2/thomas-jefferson-43_4th-of-july_a-free-people-claim-their-rights-as-deri_1508457.jpg)
![“Some other natural rights... [have] not yet entered into any declaration of rights.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/742/thomas-jefferson-43_declaration_some-other-natural-rights-have-not-yet-e_1140718.jpg)
