I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
Thomas JeffersonA rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful Land, traversing all the seas with the rich production of their Industry.
Thomas JeffersonThe concentrating of powers in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation that these powers will be exercised by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one.
Thomas Jefferson