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The purpose of government is ...

The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

A little rebellion now and th...

A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Nothing can now be believed w...

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent of this state of misinformation is known only to those who are in situations to confront facts within their knowledge with the lies of the day.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

The worst day in a man's life...

The worst day in a man's life is when he sits down and begins thinking about how he can get something for nothing.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

The end of democracy and the ...

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

I place economy among the fir...

I place economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the greatest dangers to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and in our comforts, in our labor and in our amusements. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people, under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

The country is headed toward ...

The country is headed toward a single and splendid government of an aristocracy founded on banking institutions and moneyed incorporations and if this tendency continues it will be the end of freedom and democracy, the few will be ruling...I hope we shall...crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge our government to trial and bid defiance to the laws of our country. I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

You know well that government...

You know well that government always kept a kind of standing army of newswriters who, without any regard to truth or to what should be like truth, invented and put into the papers whatever might serve the [government] ministers. This suffices with the mass of the people who have no means of distinguishing the false from the true paragraphs of a newspaper.

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Trade liberty for safety or m...

Trade liberty for safety or money and you'll end up with neither. Liberty, like a grain of salt, easily dissolves. The power of questioning - not simply believing - has no friends. Yet liberty depends on it.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Whenever any form of governme...

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

No generation has a right to ...

No generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own existence.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Until we stop harming all oth...

Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Laws that forbid the carrying...

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

When the people are afraid of...

When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

A true patriot will defend hi...

A true patriot will defend his country from its government.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

I prefer dangerous freedom ov...

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

To learn, you have to listen....

To learn, you have to listen. To improve, you have to try.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

A well informed citizenry is ...

A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

The cornerstone of democracy ...

The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

The federal government is our...

The federal government is our servant, not our master.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

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