Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia.

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.

We ought not to schismatize on either men or measures. Principles alone can justify that.

The fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follow that, and in its turn wretchedness and oppression.

The more a subject is understood, the more briefly it may be explained.

The declaration of rights [Bill of Rights] is, like all other human blessings, alloyed with some inconveniences and not accomplishing fully its object. But the good in this instance vastly outweighs the evil.

Every one must act according to the dictates of his own reason, and mine tells me that civil powers alone have been given to the President of the United States, and no authority to direct the religious exercises of his constituents.