Specie [gold and silver coin] is the most perfect medium because it will preserve its own level; because, having intrinsic and universal value, it can never die in our hands, and it is the surest resource of reliance in time of war.
Thomas JeffersonThe world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
Thomas JeffersonNo government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.
Thomas Jefferson