It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which bind each of them separately.
- Thomas Jefferson
More Quotes By Thomas Jefferson
[The purpose of a written constitution is] to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws,... We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority,... Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the Covenant, too... On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning of the world... Such is the moral construction of the world that no national crime passes unpunished in the long run…... Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor... All authority belongs to the people… In questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in... Some men look at Constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them, like the ark of the covenant, too... When we come to the moral principles on which the government is to be administered, we come to... A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen,... No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is... Ignorance of the law is no excuse in any country. If it were, the laws would lose their... Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit... A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift... Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
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