"If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy."
— Government

January 1, 1970

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Thomas Jefferson, letter to Thomas Cooper, November 29, 1802. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Paul L. Ford, vol. 8, p. 178 (1897)