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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is

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

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I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master. – Thomas Jefferson

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Fear
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Thomas Jefferson
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Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question. – Thomas Jefferson

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Government
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Thomas Jefferson
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The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people. – Andrew Johnson

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The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. – Plato

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Everything government touches turns to crap. – Ringo Starr

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Theres no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. – Will Rogers

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You can cage the singer but not the song. – Harry Belafonte, in International Herald Tribune, 1988 October 3rd

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