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I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.

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