The equal rights of man and the happiness of every individual are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“I have received the favor of your letter of August 17th, and with it the volume you were so kind as to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Law is often the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is all from which the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The principles on which we engaged, of which the charter of our independence is the record, were sanctioned by the laws of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is unobstructed action according to our will. But… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A man has a right to use a saw, an axe, a plane, separately; may he not combine their uses on the same piece… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[States and the Federal government are] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Perceiving the order of nature to be that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue, I am willing to hope it… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There is... an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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