I feel much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson President. He is the most unfit man I know for such a place.
Thomas JeffersonAgriculture is at the same time the most tranquil, healthy, and independent occupation.
Thomas JeffersonI am for relying for internal defense on our militia solely till actual invasion, and for such a naval force only as may protect our coasts and harbors from such depredations as we have experienced; and not for a standing army in time of peace which may overawe the public sentiment; nor for a navy which, by its own expenses and the eternal wars in which it will implicate us, will grind us with public burthens and sink us under them.
Thomas JeffersonThe interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral duties.
Thomas Jefferson