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Quotation from The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson
“confidence is every where the parent of despotism; free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence”
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, Resolution 9 (Elliot's Debates, vol. 4 (1836), via Wikisource)
Kentucky warns against trusting even elected rulers with undefined power.
Citation: "confidence is every where the parent of despotism; free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence" — James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, Resolution 9 (Elliot's Debates, vol. 4 (1836), via Wikisource). (id virginia-and-kentucky-resolutions-q5)
Portrait: Rembrandt Peale - Thomas Jefferson, Rembrandt Peale, Public domain.
