MudMoney
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Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. Ten years later, while the Constitution was being written in Philadelphia, Jefferson was Ambassador to France and had the opportunity to spend long hours studying the history of governments and thinking about the future of our knew United States. Jefferson was our third president, and one of the founders of the Democratic Party. Perhaps we should think about what Jefferson wrote to Washington, Franklin, Adams, Hamilton, Madison, and others as they struggled to write our constitution and devise our knew system of government.
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
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.
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save on half the wars of the world.
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe we shall become as corrupt as Europe.
This is profound as it can be applied to the path that our government is taking today!
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
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.
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save on half the wars of the world.
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe we shall become as corrupt as Europe.
This is profound as it can be applied to the path that our government is taking today!
