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.

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• Thomas Jefferson:

  One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

• Thomas Jefferson:

  None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is t

• Thomas Jefferson:

  In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violenc

• Thomas Jefferson:

  I sincerely believe... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

• Thomas Jefferson:

  I have done for my country, and for all mankind, all that I could do, and I now resign my soul, wit

• Thomas Jefferson:

  Here was buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of American Independence Of the Statute

• Thomas Jefferson:

  Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth c

• Thomas Jefferson:

  I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever result

• Thomas Jefferson:

  In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

• Thomas Jefferson:

  One man with courage is a majority.