Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. – Thomas Jefferson
The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. – Thomas Jefferson
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. – Thomas Jefferson
The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses. – Thomas Jefferson