When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
This is a deluded generation, veiled in ignorance, that though popery and slavery be riding in upon them, do not perceive it; though I am sure that there was no man born marked by God above another; for none comes into this world with a saddle on his back, neither any booted and spurred to ride him ...