[T]he people seem to have deposited the monarchical and taken up the republican government with as much ease as would have attended their throwing off an old and putting on a new suit of clothes.
Thomas JeffersonI would observe to you that what is called style in writing or speaking is formed very early in life while the imagination is warm, and impressions are permanent.
Thomas JeffersonWe act not for ourselves but for the whole human race. The event of our experiment is to show whether man can be trusted with self - government.
Thomas JeffersonI rejoice when I hear of young men of virtue and talents, worthy to receive and likely to preserve the splendid inheritance of self- government, which we have acquired and shaped for them.
Thomas Jefferson