Government Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
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Jefferson explains that state and federal powers should work together as parts of one whole. He warns that jealousy, not confidence, builds limited constitutions, and he calls artificial aristocracy a harmful ingredient. The quotes also say that when the government fears the people, liberty exists, and that a bill of rights protects everyone.
![“[The purpose of a written constitution is] to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress, their acts shall become nullities; to render unnecessary an appeal to the people, or in other words a rebellion, on every infraction of their rights, on the peril…” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/867/thomas-jefferson-43_acquiescence_the-purpose-of-a-written-constitution-is_244689.jpg)
