“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”
“A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned – this is the sum of good government.”
“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.”
“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.”
- Thomas Jefferson
Look how far we have gotten from what the founding fathers orginally intended. Glad they cant see how far we have fallen.
a famous quote “ditto”
Happy Thanksgiving Al