Tag: Thomas Jefferson

“When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.”

Thomas Jefferson

“The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.”

Thomas Jefferson

“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”

Thomas Jefferson

“The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.”

Thomas Jefferson

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”

Thomas Jefferson

“When you abandon freedom to achieve security, you lose both and deserve neither.”

Thomas Jefferson

It’s almost as if he looked into this.

“Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.”