 | Robert B. Marks Ridinger - 2004 - 942 strani
...President in 1801. He said: The sum of good government is to restrain men from injuring one another and leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits...take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. James Madison, who succeeded Jefferson as President, clearly saw the dangers inherent in unlimited... | |
 | Andrew Burstein - 2005 - 376 strani
...and prosperity more diffuse among the populace. In his first inaugural address, Jefferson promised "a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain...not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned."7 It sounded little different from the crisp definitions of liberty that had prevailed in the... | |
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - 2005 - 860 strani
...now needed only "a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their...from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned." In crisp and compact language, Jefferson laid out what he believed to be the "essential principles... | |
 | John Bowman - 2005 - 413 strani
...1801 he said, "wise and frugal government... restrain[s] men from injuring one another, [and] leaves them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits...the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is good government".22 Another early promoter of American independence, Thomas Paine, said, "At its best... | |
 | Sean Wilentz - 2006 - 1114 strani
...policies, specifically, "a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their...from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned." Whatever concessions his supporters may have made to Bayard over the public credit in order to get... | |
 | Mark David Ledbetter - 379 strani
...fellow-citizens - a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their...is necessary to close the circle of our felicities. APPOINTMENTS The 7 th Congress would not sit until December, so Jefferson had the better part of a... | |
 | John P. Kaminski - 2005 - 100 strani
...pursuit of happiness: "A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injur1ng one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their...government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities."9 THE REFORMER While Jefferson was attending Congress in Philadelphia his mind was on events... | |
 | Max Linn - 2006 - 131 strani
...of March 4,1801: "A wise and frugal government which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their...it has earned. This is the sum of good government." Jefferson's words are as wise today as they were then. He is telling us that less is more when it comes... | |
 | Will Morrisey - 2005 - 294 strani
...consists of two principles. A "wise and frugal government shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their...from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned." The individual has the right to the fruits of his own labor. Second, "the earth belongs to the living,... | |
 | Ian W Toll - 2006 - 614 strani
...Jefferson had promised "a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their...from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned." Seven years later, he staked his presidency on a policy of unprecedented federal intrusion into the... | |
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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... 
