Thomas Jefferson Citizenship Quotations

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation.

The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of rights.

A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.