Thomas Jefferson — "I think that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many pa…"
I think that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.
Get This Quote & Author's Image Illustrated On:
Click any product to generate a realistic preview. Up to 3 at a time.
* Initial load can take up to 90 seconds — revising the preview in another color is nearly instant.
Kitchen
Apparel
Other
More from Thomas Jefferson
"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket no…"
"I have often thought that if heaven had given me choice of my position and calling, it should have been on a rich spot of earth, well watered, and near a good market for the produce of the superflux."
"The operations of the executive power are generally for the public good, and when they are not, they are generally checked by the Legislature."
"I do not know whether it is a greater proof of the wisdom or the folly of man, that he is so apt to be caught by the same bait, and to fall into the same snare, from generation to generation."
"History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is."