Thomas Jefferson Quote

The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.


Letter to M. L'Hommande (Paris, 1787). As reported in: A Commenment Address Before the [Phi Beta Kappa] Society of Vassar College, June 8, 1903, p. 11


The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.

The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.

The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.

The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.