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"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniencies attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." -
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Top 5 quotes from Thomas Jefferson
"I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one."
"I never believed there was one code of morality for a public and another for a private man."
"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear."
"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."
Top 5 quotes from Liberty
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel."
"The people are their own liberators."
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
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