"The functionaries of every government have propensities to……" — Thomas Jefferson

"The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents. There is no safe deposit for these but with the people themselves, nor can they be safe with them without information. Where the press is free, and every man able to read, all is safe."

Thomas Jefferson

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