I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
Thomas JeffersonAll men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Thomas JeffersonMay [our Declaration of Independence] be to the world, what I believe it will be (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all), the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessings and security of self-government... All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man.
Thomas Jefferson