Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.
Thomas JeffersonIt is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.
Thomas JeffersonWe are destined to be a barrier against the return of ignorance and barbarism. Old Europe will have to lean on our shoulders, and to hobble along by our side, under the monkish trammels of priests and kings, as she can. What a colossus shall we be when the southern continent comes up to our mark! What a stand will it seem as a ralliance for the reason and freedom of the globe!
Thomas Jefferson