Quote from Thomas Jefferson 

"The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind."

Quote by:
Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President
Source:
Paraphrased from a letter to William Hunter, 11 March 1790 http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mtj:@field(DOCID+@lit(tj060021))
 
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