But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
Thomas JeffersonI am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.
Thomas JeffersonEvery government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.
Thomas Jefferson