Top 5 quotes from Thomas Jefferson
- "I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one."
- "I never believed there was one code of morality for a public and another for a private man."
- "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."
- "Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear."
- "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
Top 5 quotes from Government
- "When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right."
- "The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry."
- "Now more than ever before, the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness and corruption."
- "The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
- "There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."
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"...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." - Copy to Clipboard
-- Thomas Jefferson
-- Thomas Jefferson
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