Stock dealers and banking companies, by the aid of a paper system, are enriching themselves to the ruin of our country, and swaying the government by their possession of the printing presses, which their wealth commands and by any other means, not always honorable to the character of our countrymen.
Thomas JeffersonIf ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption.
Thomas JeffersonEducate and inform the whole mass of the people. Enable them to see that it is their interest to preserve peace and order, and they will preserve them.
Thomas JeffersonThe happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its affections to a few esteemed characters.
Thomas Jefferson