"My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!" -Thomas Jefferson
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." -Thomas Jefferson
"No man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -Thomas Jefferson
"Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." -Thomas Jefferson's personnal moto.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Thomas Jefferson
"When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny." -Thomas Jefferson
"The Constitution of most of the states (and of the United States) asserts that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed." -Thomas Jefferson
"On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed." - Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Johnson, June 12, 1823, The Complete Jefferson, p.322
On Government mandates: " If we were directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we would soon want for bread." -Thomas Jefferson
"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 to William Stephens Smith, 1787.
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