If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off.
Thomas JeffersonFor if one link in nature's chain might be lost, another might be lost, until the whole of things will vanish by piecemeal.
Thomas JeffersonCan the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have remover their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.
Thomas Jefferson