If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.
Thomas JeffersonAmbition is a tricky little animal to tame. It is very skillful at concealing itself from its master.
Thomas JeffersonI think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowlege among the people. no other sure foundation can be devised for the preservation of freedom, and happiness.
Thomas JeffersonThe spirit of 1776 is not dead. It had only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican.
Thomas Jefferson