A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities.
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.