Jefferson Quotes Just for Fun, Or...
Some quotes just for fun, or maybe to reflect on. May each be their own judge as to their value.. When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe. To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind. The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual. Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw t...