History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government.

The sheep are happier of themselves, than under the care of wolves.

Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous and they are tied to their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bands.

The only way to win money out of a casino is to own one.

Natural rights [are] the objects for the protection of which society is formed and municipal laws established.

I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe.... They are nations of eternal war.

When we consider how much climate contributes to the happiness of our condition, by the fine sensation it excites, and the productions it is the parent of, we have reason to value highly the accident of birth in such a one as that of Virginia.