The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being
Thomas JeffersonFor themselves they fought, for themselves they conquered, and for themselves alone they have they have right to hold.
Thomas JeffersonIt is an insult to our citizens to question whether they are rational beings or not, and blasphemy against religion to suppose it cannot stand the test of truth and reason.
Thomas JeffersonAt the time we were funding our national debt, we heard much about "a public debt being a public blessing"; that the stock representing it was a creation of active capital for the aliment of commerce, manufactures and agriculture. This paradox was well adapted to the minds of believers in dreams.
Thomas Jefferson