History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of the spirit of tyranny.
Thomas JeffersonWe are completely saddled and bridled, and... the bank is so firmly mounted on us that we must go where it will guide.
Thomas JeffersonI served with General Washington in die Legislature of Virginia...and...with Doctor Franklin in Congress. I never heard neither of them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but the main point.
Thomas JeffersonWhen virtue is banished, ambition invades the minds of those who are disposed to receive it, and avarice possesses the whole community. The objects of their desires are changed; what they were fond of before has become indifferent; they were free while under the restraint of laws, but they would fain now be free to act against law.
Thomas Jefferson