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• when all government... in little as in great thing
  hall be drawn to Washington as the centre of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated....
• A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one anothe
  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....
• Still one more thing, fellow citizens: a wise and frugal governme
  which shall refrain 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....
• What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?
  If men were angels, no government would be necessary. -- Thomas Jefferso...
• The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
  -- Thomas Jefferso...
• The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.
  It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all....
• Dave Finton gazes into his crystal ball... July 2000
  Government Issues Update on Y2K Crisis to American Public In a statement to all U....
• It is error alone which needs the support of government.
  Truth can stand by itself. -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Notes on Virginia...
• That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
  -- Thomas Jefferso...