The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
Thomas JeffersonWhensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.
Thomas JeffersonIf, in my retirement to the humble station of a private citizen, I am accompanied with the esteem and approbation of my fellow citizens, trophies obtained by the bloodstained steel, or the tattered flags of the tented field, will never be envied. The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.
Thomas JeffersonCertainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise, or to assume authority in religious discipline, has been delegated to the General Government.
Thomas Jefferson