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Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of governmen

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. – Thomas Jefferson

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When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. – Thomas Jefferson

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