 | Nathan W. Schlueter - 2002 - 212 strani
...Thomas Jefferson (who authored this part of the Declaration) declared the sum of good government to be "a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain...not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.""9 One finds this sentiment expressed throughout the revolutionary era, both in popular writings... | |
 | Norman K. Risjord - 2002 - 460 strani
...wise and frugal government which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave tnem otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry...it has earned. This is the sum of good government." In Europe, where the message did not pass unnoticed, people could not believe that the chief magistrate... | |
 | Edward J. Dodson - 2002 - 600 strani
...fellow-citizens—a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their...take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. Jefferson was determined to prevent the turmoil and anarchy now racing through the Old World from jeopardizing... | |
 | Raymond Tatalovich, Thomas S. Engeman - 2003 - 292 strani
...from our fellow citizens, resulting not from birth but from our actions and their sense of them . . . what more is necessary to make us a happy and prosperous...necessary to close the circle of our felicities." Jefferson then addresses the Federalists' fear that weak governments threaten the safety of citizens:... | |
 | Michael Waldman - 363 strani
...fellow-citizens — a wise and frugal Govern' ment, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their...close the circle of our felicities. About to enter, fellow'citizens, on the exercise of duties which comprehend everything dear and valuable to you, it... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 2003 - 276 strani
...fellow-citizens—a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their...close the circle of our felicities. About to enter, fellow-citizens, on the exercise of duties which comprehend everything dear and valuable to you, it... | |
 | Larry Elder - 2003 - 404 strani
...for yourselves." Let's stop the madness. Vote your principles. 10. NO MORE WELFARE STATE. NOW WHAT? A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain...it has earned. This is the sum of good government. f — THOMAS JEFFERSON Any type of welfare state is unjust to the productive individuals who are forced... | |
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Still one thing more, fellow citizens- — a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the... 
