Thomas Jefferson Quote

On every unauthoritative exercise of power by the legislature must the people rise in rebellion or their silence be construed into a surrender of that power to them? If so, how many rebellions should we have had already?


Notes on the State of Virginia,... with a map (ed. 1794)


On every unauthoritative exercise of power by the legislature must the people rise in rebellion or their silence be construed into a surrender of...

On every unauthoritative exercise of power by the legislature must the people rise in rebellion or their silence be construed into a surrender of...

On every unauthoritative exercise of power by the legislature must the people rise in rebellion or their silence be construed into a surrender of...

On every unauthoritative exercise of power by the legislature must the people rise in rebellion or their silence be construed into a surrender of...