Jefferson

[Yazad Jal <yazad@ccsindia.org>]

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A few words from Jefferson himself:

A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one

another, which shall leave them otherwise to regulate their own pursuits

of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labour

the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government.

Thomas Jefferson - First Inaugural Address - March 4, 1801.

I think the words are clear and powerful and delineate what goverments
should do (law and order) and should not do (nearly everything else,
including regulating industry). Also note 'frugal government'.

Yazad

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Yazad Jal
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