Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.


Notes on the State of Virginia,... with a map (ed. 1794)

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.