"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine."by: Thomas Jefferson (U.S. President) 

     "A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government."by: Thomas Jefferson (U.S. President) 

   "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."by: Thomas Jefferson (U.S. President) 

   "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."by: Thomas Jefferson (U.S. President) 

   "Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society."by: Thomas Jefferson (U.S. President) 

   "My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government."by: Thomas Jefferson (U.S. President) 

    "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."by: Thomas Jefferson (U.S. President) 

"No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will."by: Thomas Jefferson (U.S. President) 

   "That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves."by: Thomas Jefferson (U.S. President) 

    "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."by: Thomas Jefferson (U.S. President) 

    "The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind. "by: Thomas Jefferson (U.S. President) 

    "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." by: Thomas Jefferson (U.S. President)