Thomas Jefferson quote about people from Notes on the State of Virginia - Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves therefore are its only safe depositories.
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“ Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves therefore are its only safe depositories. ”
 Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (1785). copy citation

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Author Thomas Jefferson
Source Notes on the State of Virginia
Topic people government rule
Date 1785
Language English
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Thomas Jefferson quote about people from Notes on the State of Virginia - Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves therefore are its only safe depositories.
Thomas Jefferson quote about people from Notes on the State of Virginia - Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves therefore are its only safe depositories.