A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.
Thomas JeffersonThe evils of war are great in their endurance, and have a long reckoning for ages to come.
Thomas JeffersonCertainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise, or to assume authority in religious discipline, has been delegated to the General Government.
Thomas JeffersonThe future inhabitants of [both] the Atlantic and Mississippi states will be our sons. We think we see their happiness in their union, and we wish it. Events may prove otherwise; and if they see their interest in separating why should we take sides? God bless them both, and keep them in union if it be for their good, but separate them if it be better.
Thomas Jefferson