My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson
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- In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.
- It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
- One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.
- When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.