I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. – Thomas Jefferson
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The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. – Thomas Jefferson
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Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. – Thomas Jefferson
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