To consider judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy.
Thomas JeffersonWhat justice would there be to take this life? Justice, gentlemen? Why, I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this.
Thomas JeffersonThe policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.
Thomas Jefferson