Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “[The People] are the ultimate, guardians of their own liberty.” ~ Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US PresidentSource: Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Queries 14 and 19, 1784http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch18s16.html