"It is a misnomer to call a..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“Those who don’t read the newspapers are better off than those who do insofar as those who know nothing are better off than those whose heads are filled with half-truths and lies.”

“No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.”

“No country and no people can be free and ignorant at the same time.”

“When government does its job properly people are free to do theirs.”

“Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers.”

“The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the people's milk.”

“America cannot have an empire abroad and a Republic at home.”

“I have always reckoned the dignity of the republic of first importance and preferable to life.”

“Citizenship is what makes a republic - monarchies can get along without it.”