Thomas Jefferson Quotes About Capitalism
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Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both in proportion as it is free.
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To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his father's has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association-the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.
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If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.
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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 mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities.
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The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.
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We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.
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Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
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I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude
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