Defend our liberties and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindred and tongues.
Thomas JeffersonIn a government bottomed on the will of all, the... liberty of every individual citizen becomes interesting to all.
Thomas JeffersonOf all the systems of morality, ancient or modern which have come under my observation, none appears to me so pure as that of Jesus....I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus.
Thomas JeffersonThe following [addition to the Bill of Rights] would have pleased me: The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, to write, or otherwise to publish anything but false facts affecting injuriously the life, liberty or reputation of others, or affecting the peace of the [United States] with foreign nations.
Thomas Jefferson