Aristocrats fear the people, and wish to transfer all power to the higher classes of society.
Thomas JeffersonTo me... it appears that there have been differences of opinion and party differences, from the first establishment of government to the present day, and on the same question which now divides our own country; that these will continue through all future time; that every one takes his side in favor of the many, or of the few, according to his constitution, and the circumstances in which he is placed.
Thomas JeffersonThe difficulty is no longer to find candidates for the offices, but offices for the candidates.
Thomas JeffersonThe question whether the judges are invested with exclusive authority to decide on the constitutionality of a law has been heretofore a subject of consideration with me in the exercise of official duties. Certainly there is not a word in the Constitution which has given that power to them more than to the Executive or Legislative branches.
Thomas Jefferson