 | James Harrison Kennedy - Presidents - 1895 - 686 pages
...constructive" theory of the Federalists. "I own," said Jefferson, the leader and founder of the party, "that I am not a friend to a very energetic government; it is always oppressive." Among the leading principles of the party were the sovereignty, if not the supremacy,... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 448 pages
...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... | |
 | Howard Walter Caldwell - United States - 1898 - 268 pages
...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.... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Political science - 1900 - 1504 pages
...discourage a connection with us,— To ARCHIBALD STUART. i, 518. FORD ED., iv, 188. (P., 1786.) 3497. . I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. — To JAMES MADISON, ii. 331. FORD ED., ¡V, 479. (P., 1787.) 3498. . A free government... | |
 | Howard Walter Caldwell - United States - 1900 - 278 pages
...estp.blishment of the manifold good things in this constitution, and of getting rid of the bad. ... I own 1 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.... | |
 | Literature - 1901 - 628 pages
...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... | |
 | United States. Department of State. Bureau of Rolls and Library - Archives - 1905 - 854 pages
...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 that think it should have... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1904 - 536 pages
...judgment has been formed on all these points after having heard everything 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 Massachusetts has given more alarm than I think it should have done.... | |
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The late rebellion in Massachusetts has given more alarm, than I think it should have done. Calculate that one rebellion in... 
