"I do verily believe that if the principle were to prevail of a common law being in force in the United States (which principle possesses the general government at once of all the powers of the state governments, and reduces us to a single consolidated government), it would become the most corrupt government on the earth." -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President Source: Thomas Jefferson to Gideon Granger, 1800. 10:168
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"He [King George III] has erected a multitude of New Offices and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance." -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President 1776 Source: Declaration of Independence, listing the reasons for declaring independence from England.
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"The policy of American government is to leave its citizens free, neither restraining them nor aiding them in their pursuits." -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President Source: Thomas Jefferson to M. L'Hommande, 1787.
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