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We are now vibrating between too much and too little government, and the pendulum will rest finally in the middle.
— Thomas Jefferson
Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
— Thomas Jefferson
When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.
— Thomas Jefferson
I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.
— Thomas Jefferson
The further the departure from direct and constant control by the citizens, the less has the government of the ingredient of republicanism ...
— Thomas Jefferson
If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.
— Thomas Jefferson
I have sworn upon the altar of god ...
— Thomas Jefferson
The general (federal) government will tend to monarchy, which will fortify itself from day to day, instead of working its own cures.
— Thomas Jefferson
It is a misnomer to call a government republican in which a branch of the supreme power is independent of the nation.
— Thomas Jefferson
The cement of this union is in the heart blood of every American. I do not believe there is on earth a government established on so immovable a basis.
— Thomas Jefferson
The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government
— Thomas Jefferson
They are exactly the persons who are to succeed to the government of our country and to rule its future enmities, its friendships and fortunes.
— Thomas Jefferson
If I had to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter
— Thomas Jefferson
![Government By Thomas Jefferson Quotes By Thomas Jefferson: That liberty [is pure] which is to go](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/government-by-thomas-jefferson-quotes-by-thomas-jefferson-752538.jpg "Government By Thomas Jefferson Quotes By Thomas Jefferson: That liberty [is pure] which is to go")
That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone. (to Horatio Gates, 1798)
— Thomas Jefferson
The care of human life and happiness, and their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of a good government.
— Thomas Jefferson
We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
— Thomas Jefferson
The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers.
— Thomas Jefferson
That government which governs best, governs least.
— Thomas Jefferson
This I hope will be the age of experiments in government, and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty, not of mere force.
— Thomas Jefferson
Was the government to prescribe us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now. - Thomas Jefferson
— Thomas Jefferson
I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural.
— Thomas Jefferson
The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
— Thomas Jefferson
Civil government being the sole object of forming societies, its administration must be conducted by common consent.
— Thomas Jefferson
The mobs of great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human body.
— Thomas Jefferson
It is error alone that needs the support of government.2 Truth can stand by itself. - THOMAS JEFFERSON, on freedom of religion
— Jon Meacham
A government held together by the bands of reason only, requires much compromise of opinion.
— Thomas Jefferson
It is not by the consolidation or concentration of powers but by their distribution that good government is effected.
— Thomas Jefferson
![Government By Thomas Jefferson Quotes By Thomas Jefferson: [A]lthough a republican government is slow to move,](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/government-by-thomas-jefferson-quotes-by-thomas-jefferson-68536.jpg "Government By Thomas Jefferson Quotes By Thomas Jefferson: [A]lthough a republican government is slow to move,")
[A]lthough a republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible.
— Thomas Jefferson
An hereditary aristocracy ... will change the form of our governments from the best to the worst in the world.
— Thomas Jefferson
We act not for ourselves but for the whole human race. The event of our experiment is to show whether man can be trusted with self - government.
— Thomas Jefferson
The opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction.
— Thomas Jefferson
The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions.
— Thomas Jefferson
May it be to the world ... to assume the blessings and security of self-government.
— Thomas Jefferson
It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
— Thomas Jefferson
Government can do something for the people only in proportion as it can do something to the people.
— Thomas Jefferson
Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.
— Thomas Jefferson
The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents.
— Thomas Jefferson
A true patriot will defend his country from its government.
— Thomas Jefferson
When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
— Thomas Jefferson
It will be said that great societies cannot exist without government.
— Thomas Jefferson
![Government By Thomas Jefferson Quotes By Thomas Jefferson: [The people] are in truth the only legitimate](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/government-by-thomas-jefferson-quotes-by-thomas-jefferson-441882.jpg "Government By Thomas Jefferson Quotes By Thomas Jefferson: [The people] are in truth the only legitimate")
[The people] are in truth the only legitimate proprietors of the soil and government.
— Thomas Jefferson
Taxation is, in fact, the most difficult function of government and that against which their citizens are most apt to be refractory.
— Thomas Jefferson
History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
— Thomas Jefferson
I would rather have newspapers without a government than a government without newspapers.
— Thomas Jefferson
