He who is permitted by law to have no property of his own, can with difficulty conceive that property is founded in anything but force.
Thomas JeffersonI do not know whether you are fond of chemical reading. There are some things in this science worth reading.
Thomas JeffersonI sincerely join you in abjuring all political connection with every foreign power; and tho I cordially wish well to the progress of liberty in all nations, and would forever give it the weight of our countenance, yet they are not to be touched without contamination from their other bad principles. Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.
Thomas Jefferson