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

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious...

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious...

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing...

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing...

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang...

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang...

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel...

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel...

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment...

I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment...

If government have a right of demanding ad libitum and of taxing us themselves to...

If government have a right of demanding ad libitum and of taxing us themselves to...

But friendship is precious, not only in shade, but in the sunshine of life; and...

But friendship is precious, not only in shade, but in the sunshine of life; and...

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right...

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right...

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never spend your money before you have it.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

I have tried so hard to do right.

I have tried so hard to do right.

My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.

My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.