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• The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
  It is it's natural manure. -- Thomas Jefferson, Letter to William S....
• When all government ...in little as in great things.
  .. shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all powe...
• 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....
• Most bad government has grown out of too much government. -- Thomas Jefferso
• Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself.
  Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others?" -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)...
• What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?
  If men were angels, no government would be necessary. -- Thomas Jefferso...
• Rightful liberty is unobstructed action, according to our will, within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others.
  -- Thomas Jefferso...
• A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither.
  -- Thomas Jefferso...
• In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to Liberty. -- Thomas Jefferso