Thomas Jefferson Limits Quotations

Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is unobstructed action according to our will. But rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual.

Laws abridging the natural right of the citizen should be restrained by rigorous constructions within their narrowest limits.

It is an essential attribute of the jurisdiction of every country to preserve peace, to punish acts in breach of it, and to restore property taken by force within its limits.

No person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six.