I believe this Government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.

The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision.

Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.

The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression. My conscience is my own - my creators - not man's. I shall never sink the rights of mankind to the malice, wrong, or avarice of another's wishes, though those wishes come to me in the relation of client and attorney.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.