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  • 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.

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    Thomas Jefferson (1950). “The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 39: 13 November 1802 to 3 March 1803”, p.84, Princeton University Press
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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
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