"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty."

Previous Quote

A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities.

— Thomas Jefferson