All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
Thomas JeffersonExperience has taught me that manufacturers are now as necessary to our independence as to our comfort.
Thomas JeffersonThe policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.
Thomas Jefferson