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Government degenerates when trusted to rulers alone; the people are its only safe depositories

Drawn from what Thomas Jefferson said

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What this subject means

government What states are for and what they are worse at than markets and networks: legitimacy, moral hazard, and who may be entrusted with power.

What Thomas Jefferson actually said

  1. Thomas Jefferson Third US President (1743 to 1826)
    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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