The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. – Thomas Jefferson
In matters of principle, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current. – Thomas Jefferson
It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own. – Thomas Jefferson
The second office in the government is honorable and easy the first is but a splendid misery. – Thomas Jefferson