I will now add what I do not like. First, the omission of a bill of rights providing clearly and without the aid of sophisms for freedom of religion, freedom of the press, protection against standing armies, restriction against monopolies, the eternal and unremitting force of the habeas corpus laws, and trials by jury in all matters of fact triable by the laws of the land and not by the law of nations.
Thomas JeffersonIt is surely time for men to think for themselves, and to throw off the authority of names so artificially magnified.
Thomas JeffersonPeace with all nations, and the right which that gives us with respect to all nations, are our object.
Thomas JeffersonThe religion of Jesus is founded in the Unity of God, and this principle chiefly gave it triumph over the rabble of heathen gods then acknowledged. Thinking men of all nations rallied readily to the doctrine of one only God, and embraced it with the pure-morals which Jesus inculcated.
Thomas JeffersonWere I to commence my administration again, the first question I would ask respecting a candidate would be, Does he use ardent spirits?
Thomas JeffersonYou have lived longer than I have and perhaps may have formed a different judgment on better grounds; but my observations do not enable me to say I think integrity the characteristic of wealth. In general I believe the decisions of the people, in a body, will be more honest and more disinterested than those of wealthy men.
Thomas Jefferson