The whole art of government consists in being honest.
-Thomas Jefferson, from Works, VI, 1786
Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
-Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
The government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to H.D. Tiffin, February 2, 1807
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