Amendments Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“The people will not understand the importance of the Second Amendment until it is too late.”

Thomas Jefferson

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I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.

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Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those…

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Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear…

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A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.

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The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them,…

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Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness.

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All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we…

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Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . .…

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As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize,... The people are confirmed by the next…

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The lessons of the First Amendment are as urgent in the modern world as the 18th Century when it was written. One timeless lesson…

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The American people intuitively understand this, which is why the majority of Catholics practice birth control and some of those opposed to gay marriage…

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