Thomas Jefferson

A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government.

Thomas Jefferson

A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.

Thomas Jefferson

A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not an article for mere consumption, but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.

Thomas Jefferson

A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles.

Thomas Jefferson

A little rebellion is a good thing.

Thomas Jefferson

A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.

Thomas Jefferson

A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable.

Thomas Jefferson

A nation which expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, expects that which never was and never will be.

Thomas Jefferson

A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.

Thomas Jefferson

A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a people who mean to be free.

Thomas Jefferson