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jvquarterbackJust a few quotes on April 13. Jefferson would be 270 today.
"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual."
"None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important."
"The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force."
"Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none."
"When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty."
"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual."
"None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important."
"The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force."
"Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none."
"When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty."