I do verily believe that a single, consolidated government would become the most corrupt government on the earth.
Thomas JeffersonI am never tempted to pray but when a warm feeling for my friends comes athwart my heart.
Thomas JeffersonI think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries as long as they are chiefly agricultural; and this will be as long as there shall be vacant lands in any part of America. When they get piled upon one another in large cities as in Europe, they will become corrupt as in Europe.
Thomas Jefferson