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Quote from Thomas Jefferson,


"Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone.
The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories."


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Thomas Jefferson (more quotes by Thomas Jefferson or books by/about Thomas Jefferson)


(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President

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Constitution, Government, Independence, Individual Rights, Law, Power, Republic, Trust, Tyranny, President

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