Government

"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."

- Thomas Jefferson

Happiness

"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."

- Thomas Jefferson 

Rights

"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."

- Thomas Jefferson 

Non-Violence

"Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto."

- Thomas Jefferson

Intimacy

"Be polite to all, but intimate with few."

- Thomas Jefferson