Democratic principles are the result of equality of condition.

The study of the human character opens at once a beautiful and a deformed picture of the soul.

It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy

A declaration of the independence of America, and the sovereignty of the United STates was drawn by the ingenious and philosophic pen of Thomas Jefferson, Esquire, a delegate from the state of Virginia

The waves have rolled upon me, the billows are repeatedly broken over me, yet I am not sunk down.

I am more and more convinced, of the propensity in human nature to tyranize over their fellow men.

No republic ever yet stood on a stable foundation without satisfying the common people.