All men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

One precedent in favor of power is stronger than a hundred against it.

It is better to have no ideas than false ones.

Nothing but good can result from an exchange of information and opinions between those whose circumstances and morals admit no doubt of the integrity of their views.

I hold it certain that to open the doors of truth and to fortify the habit of testing everything by reason are the most effectual manacles we can rivet on the hands of our successors to prevent their manacling the people with their own consent.

The hole and the patch should be commensurate.

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.