...establishment of the manifold good things in this constitution, and of getting rid of the bad. ... I own I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It Is always oppressive. The late rebellion in Massachusetts has given more alarm than I think it should have done....

...and will establish in the fullness of time those things not yet ripe for establishment. So be it. • I OWN I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. It places the governors indeed more at their ease, at the expense of the people. The late...

...trials, if the present one should fail. We are never permitted to despair of the commonwealth. . . . I own, I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. It places the governors indeed more at their ease, at the expense of the people. The late...

...formed after hearing and weighing everything which the wisdom of man could offer on these subjects. I own, I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. It places the governors indeed more at their ease, at the expense of the people. The late...

...domestic conditions which gave concern to the patriots at home, as we may see from a letter to Madison:6 I own I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. The late rebellion in Massachusetts has given more alarm than I think it should have done....

...might still be alive. Those of us who fear regimentation love to read Jefferson's words, "I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. It places the governors indeed more at their ease at the expense of the people." As one...

...dissenting. but education and enlightenment of the masses. Jefferson wrote to Madison on December 20, 1787: ' "I own, I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. It places the governors indeed more at their ease, at the expense of the people. The late...

...but education and enlightenment of the masses. Jefferson wrote to Madison on December 20, 1787 : 7 "I own, I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. It places the governors indeed more at their ease, at the expense of the people. The late...

...oppression. No one would understand better the danger of unchecked government power than those men. "I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive," Jefferson said. I remember quoting a few of these warnings long after I had left radio...

...judgment has been formed on all these points after having heard every thing which could be urged on them. I own I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. The late rebellion in Massachusets has given more alarm than I think it should have done....