All authority belongs to the people.
Weitere Zitate von Thomas Jefferson
Zum Autor"When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property."
"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government and to protect its free expression should be our first object."
"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
"...We are all Federalists,and we are all Republicans."
"I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."