When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.
Thomas Jefferson
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson
A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities.
Thomas Jefferson
No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.
Thomas Jefferson
One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.
Thomas Jefferson
