If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.

If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.
Thomas Jefferson

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The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain.
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An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.
- Thomas Jefferson

If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy. Thomas Jefferson

If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.
Thomas Jefferson