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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is. - Tho

History, in general, only informs us what bad government is. – Thomas Jefferson

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The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. – Thomas Jefferson

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Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence. – Thomas Jefferson

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