BrainyQuote - Thomas Jefferson Review

I'm not going to write a lot here.  I'm simply going to 'copy & paste' several Thomas Jefferson quotes.  And also remind you that "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana

See how many past quotes can apply to today's left wing political mistakes.

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men 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.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

Information is the currency of democracy.  OK - I lied.  I will interject something here.  Information is not a 30 second sound bite on the 6 O'Clock news.  Information is getting the story from all sides. 

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.  And how much is the National Debt now Mr. Obama?

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.  And who tried to bar Fox News from a press conference - Mr. Obama?

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.  What's that Mr. Obama?  You say, "Spread the wealth?"

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

Today, I'm afraid...very afraid.