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 | 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 and bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. ~Thomas Jefferson |
Notes on the State of Virginia
A Summary View of the Rights of British America, 1774
Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence, 1776
Letter to Peter Carr, August 19, 1785 (On the mind and exercise and education)
Letter to James Madison, October 28, 1785
A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, January 19, 1786
Letter to James Madison, July 31, 1788 (On religious liberty)
Letter to Benjamin Banneker, August 30, 1791First Inaugural Address, March 4,1801 (Government must be reasonable to be rightful)
Reply to the Danbury Baptist Association, January 1, 1802
Letter to Rev. Samuel Miller, January 23, 1808 (On religious freedom)
Letter to Henri Gregoire, February 25, 1809 (On race, superiority, and equal rights)
Letter to Joseph Milligan, April 6, 1816 (On political economy)
Letter to Spencer Roane, September 6, 1819 (Men are not free from the moral law)
Letter to John Holmes, April 22, 1820 (On slavery)
Letter to Judge William Johnson, June 12, 1823 (Man is a rational animal)
Letter to John Cartwright, June 5, 1824 (On unalienable rights and their immutability)
List of Sources of the Principles of American Government, March 4, 1825