“Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“To consider judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
