THIS WAS TRUE IN 1776 IT WAS TRUE 1861 AND IT'S TRUE TODAY...


They are now fighting the battle of despotism. They have put their Constitution under their feet; they have annulled its most sacred provisions; The future fortunes of our children, and of this continent, would then be determined by a tyranny which has no parallel in history.”  Dr. James Henly Thornwell of South Carolina, in Our Danger and our Duty, 1862




"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson




"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."  -- Thomas Jefferson




"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." -- Thomas Jefferson




"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson




"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."  -- Thomas Jefferson




"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe." -- Thomas Jefferson




"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."  -- Thomas Jefferson




"It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world."  -- Thomas Jefferson




"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




"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."  Thomas Jefferson 1802




Thomas Jefferson knew because he himself studied the previous failed attempts at government. He understood actual history, the nature of God, his laws and the nature of man. That happens to be way more than what most understand today. Jefferson really knew his stuff. A voice from the past to lead us in the future.