I hope that we have not labored in vain, and that our experiment will still prove that men can be governed by reason.
Thomas JeffersonThere is preparing, I hope, under the auspices of heaven, a way for a total emancipation.
Thomas Jefferson[If a book were] very innocent, and one which might be confided to the reason of any man; not likely to be much read if let alone, but if persecuted, it will be generally read. Every man in the United States will think it a duty to buy a copy, in vindication of his right to buy and to read what he pleases.
Thomas Jefferson