Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the US, a founding father, main author of the Declaration of Independence, horticulturist, statesman, architect, archaeologist, inventor, and founder of the University of Virginia.  Here are some of his thoughts on freedom:

• No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms
• For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security
• If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be
• Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state
• Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits

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