I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is alw…

Thomas Jefferson
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I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). Jefferson: Political Writings, p.19, Cambridge University Press
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