Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.” ~ Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US PresidentSource: Paraphrased from a letter to William Hunter, 11 March 1790http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mtj:@field(DOCID+@lit(tj060021))