Thomas Jefferson

 I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.