It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape. – Thomas Jefferson
Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival. – Thomas Jefferson
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just that his justice cannot sleep forever. – Thomas Jefferson
One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them. – Thomas Jefferson
I recoil with horror at the ferociousness of man. Will nations never devise a more rational umpire of differences than force? Are there no means of coercing injustice more gratifying to our nature than a waste of the blood of thousands and of the labor of millions of our fellow creatures? – Thomas Jefferson