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Quotation from First Inaugural Address (Jefferson) by Thomas Jefferson
“a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.”
First Inaugural Address (Jefferson), Paragraph 3 (Avalon Project transcription)
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Citation: "a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned." — Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address (Jefferson), Paragraph 3 (Avalon Project transcription). (id jefferson-first-inaugural-address-q4)
Portrait: Rembrandt Peale - Thomas Jefferson, Rembrandt Peale, Public domain.
