There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety.
Thomas JeffersonError indeed has often prevailed by the assistance of power or force. Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error.
Thomas JeffersonThe man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
Thomas JeffersonFor if one link in nature's chain might be lost, another might be lost, until the whole of things will vanish by piecemeal.
Thomas JeffersonMy construction of the constitution is very different from that you quote. It is that each department is truly independent of the others, and has an equal right to decide for itself what is the meaning of the constitution in the cases submitted to its action; and especially, where it is to act ultimately and without appeal.
Thomas Jefferson