Best quotes by Thomas Jefferson on Government

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• ‟ Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

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• ‟ A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, 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.

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• ‟ A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.

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• ‟ Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.

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• ‟ The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

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• ‟ It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

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• ‟ I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.

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