A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government.

I am savage enough to prefer the woods, the wilds, and the independence of Monticello, to all the brilliant pleasures of this gaycapital [Paris].

It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

Our minds and hearts are free to believe everything or nothing at all - and it is our duty to protect and perpetuate this sacred culture of freedom.

The issuing power [of money] should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.

They are nations of eternal war. All their energies are expended in the destruction of the labor, property, and lives of their people.

No man has done everything he can who has done only his best.