"Many of the opposition [to the new..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“The soil is the gift of God to the living.”

“Considering the great importance to the public liberty of the freedom of the press, and the difficulty of submitting it to very precise rules, the laws have thought it less mischievous to give greater scope to its freedom than to the restraint of it.”

“A single good government becomes... a blessing to the whole earth, its welcome to the oppressed restraining within certain limits the measure of their oppressions. But should even this be counteracted by violence on the right of expatriation, the other branch of our example then presents itself for imitation: to rise on their rulers and do as we have done.”

“The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance”

“Baseball is a skilled game. It's America's game - it, and high taxes.”

“The larger the slice taken by government, the smaller the cake available for everyone.”

“To govern means to pillage, as everyone knows.”

“This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid of it. That we have carried as much political bunk as we have and still survived shows we are a super nation.”

“Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive.”