Law is often the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual.
Thomas JeffersonNo government should be without critics. If its intentions are good then it has nothing to fear from criticism.
Thomas JeffersonA rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful Land, traversing all the seas with the rich production of their Industry.
Thomas JeffersonWhen I hear another express an opinion which is not mine, I say to myself, he has a right to his opinion, as I to mine. Why should I question it? His error does me no injury, and shall I become a Don Quixote, to bring all men by force of argument to one opinion? ...Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.
Thomas Jefferson