Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories.
US Founding Father, Declaration of Independence
Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XVII, 'Religion'
1785
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"Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute connection."
Humorous"I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere."
Strange & Unusual"The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us."
Controversial"I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master."
Controversial"I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greece and Rome have left us."
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