 | Ian W Toll - History - 2006 - 614 pages
...Jefferson had promised "a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their...from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned." Seven years later, he staked his presidency on a policy of unprecedented federal intrusion into the... | |
 | Will Morrisey - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 294 pages
...consists of two principles. A "wise and frugal government shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their...from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned." The individual has the right to the fruits of his own labor. Second, "the earth belongs to the living,... | |
 | William Letwin - Business & Economics - 438 pages
...more is necessary to make us a happy and prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow-citizens— a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain...is necessary to close the circle of our felicities. This statement of creed, much as it reflected the hopes of Jefferson and many other Americans then... | |
 | Philip Michael Pantana (Sr.) - Religion - 2007 - 486 pages
...more is necessary to make us a happy and prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow-citizens-a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men...is necessary to close the circle of our felicities. —Thomas Jefferson Government is aptly compared to architecture; if the superstructure is too heavy... | |
 | Matthew S. Holland - Religion - 2007 - 340 pages
...further distills Jefferson's thoughts on the role of caritas in American politics. This last blessing is a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain...take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. For Jefferson, "this is the sum of good government." It also distinctly echoes another blessing Jefferson... | |
 | Peter Wallenstein - History - 2007 - 508 pages
...that he wished the nation to know that he planned to follow to the best of his ability. He called for "a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain...regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement." He called for "peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none;... | |
 | Michael Tanner - Political Science - 2007 - 339 pages
...good government" is "a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their...not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned."11 Government is a necessary evil that exists for the purpose of securing our rights. The Founding... | |
 | Cameron C. Taylor - Business & Economics - 2007 - 322 pages
...a happy and prosperous people was "a wise and frugal government . . . which shall leave them . . . free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and...not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned."4 He also wrote of the idea to take from the top income earner to give to lower income earners,... | |
 | Paul M. Rego - Biography & Autobiography - 2008 - 256 pages
...implement his vision of "a wise and frugal government which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their...not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned."8 In practice, however, Jefferson was somewhat less devoted to small, restricted government... | |
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Still one thing more, fellow citizens — 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... 
