Thomas Jefferson Habeas Corpus, etc.

The Habeas Corpus secures every man here, alien or citizen, against everything which is not law, whatever shape it may assume." --Thomas Jefferson to A. H. Rowan, 1798. ME 10:61

http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Politics/thomasjefferson/jeff1520.htm

"The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens
free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits."
--Thomas Jefferson to M. L'Hommande, 1787.

https://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/DOCUMENTS/JEFFERSON/jeff5.html