Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people… — Quoted

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“Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.”

Thomas Jefferson · Loneliness

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Thomas Jefferson

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

Government

Thomas Jefferson

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

Men

Thomas Jefferson

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.

Hope

Thomas Jefferson

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Fear