Jefferson Quotes

"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty."

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it."

"War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses."

"Information is the currency of democracy."

"The success and progress of any country can easily be judged by the size of its government. America's success and progress is declining rapidly. The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."