Earth Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Still less let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but…

— Thomas Jefferson

Our properties within our own territories [should not] be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own.

— Thomas Jefferson

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.

— Thomas Jefferson

Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation…

— Barack Obama

Let these truths be indelibly impressed on our minds — that we cannot be happy, without being FREE — that we cannot be free,…

— John Dickinson

In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.

— Baron de Montesquieu

Liberty must be a mighty thing; for by it God punishes and rewards nations.

— Sophie Swetchine

Liberty is the power that we have over ourselves

— Hugo Grotius

At any rate, cost what it may, to separate ourselves from those who separate themselves from the truth of God is not alone our…

— Charles Spurgeon

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.

— Anonymous

“Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation below a certain point, and to tax the higher…

— Thomas Jefferson

To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty,…

— Thomas Jefferson