All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
Thomas JeffersonOne single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.
Thomas JeffersonBank-paper must be suppressed, and the circulating medium must be restored to the nation to whom it belongs.
Thomas JeffersonIt is comfortable to see the standard of reason at length erected, after so many ages, during which the human mind has been held in vassalage by kings, priests, and nobles; and it is honorable for us to have produced the first legislature who had the courage to declare that the reason of man may be trusted with the formation of his own opinions.
Thomas Jefferson