“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.” - Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)

“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.” - Thomas Jefferson

US diplomat, politician, & scholar; wrote Declaration of Independence 1776; 1st Secretary of State 1789-1793; vice-president of US 1797-1801; 3rd president of US 1801-1809