To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his father's has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association-the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.
Thomas JeffersonTo preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom; for as long as we may think as we will, and speak as we think, the condition of man will proceed in improvement
Thomas JeffersonThere is a debt of service due from every man to his country, proportioned to the bounties which nature and fortune have measured to him.
Thomas JeffersonWe are completely saddled and bridled, and... the bank is so firmly mounted on us that we must go where it will guide.
Thomas Jefferson