"When we
get piled upon one another in large cities, as in
Europe,
we shall
become as corrupt as Europe ."--
"The
democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those
who are
willing to work and give to those who would not."
"It is
incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes.
A
principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the
world."
"I
predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government
from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of
them.
"My
reading of history convinces me that most bad government
results
from too much government."
"No free
man shall ever be debarred the use of
arms."
"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."
"The
tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to
time
with the
blood of patriots and tyrants."
"To
compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he
disbelieves
and
abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
Thomas
Jefferson said in 1802:
"I
believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than
standing armies.
If the
American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their
currency,
first by
inflation, then by deflation,
the
banks and corporations that will grow up around
the banks
will
deprive the people of all property -
until
their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers
conquered."