the qualifications for self-government in society are not innate. they are the result of habit and long training.
Thomas JeffersonI would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.
Thomas JeffersonAnd, in general, that branch which is to act ultimately and without appeal on any law is the rightful expositor of the validity of the law, uncontrolled by the opinions of the other coordinate authorities.
Thomas JeffersonLet us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy of opportunity
Thomas Jefferson