It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
I’m completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.
I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government – lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.