The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its affections to a few esteemed characters.
Thomas JeffersonThe further the departure from direct and constant control by the citizens, the less has the government of the ingredient of republicanism.
Thomas JeffersonI tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever: that, considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation, is among possible events: that it may become probable by supernatural interference! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.
Thomas Jefferson