That this privilege of giving or of withholding our monies is an important barrier against the undue exertion of prerogative, which if left altogether without control may be exercised to our great oppression; and all history shews how efficacious is its intercession for redress of grievances and re-establishment of rights, and how improvident would be the surrender of so powerful a mediator
Thomas JeffersonExperience has proved to us that a dollar of silver disappears for every dollar of paper emitted.
Thomas JeffersonIt is not by the consolidation or concentration of powers but by their distribution that good government is effected.
Thomas JeffersonIndustry, commerce and security are the surest roads to the happiness and prosperity of people.
Thomas Jefferson