 | Frank P. King - Political Science - 1997 - 260 pages
...about by Hamilton and his supporters. Jefferson wrote, somewhat foolishly, to Madison, in 1787, that "I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive."27 Jefferson meanwhile got things organized for another run for the presidency in 1800.... | |
 | Mary A. Giunta, J. Dane Hartgrove - History - 1998 - 348 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 think it should have done,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - History - 1999 - 676 pages
...chief criticisms are its "omission of a bill of rights" and his fears re a strong central government - "I own I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. " v1. 5 To Edward Carrington, May 27, 1788 v1. 6 To James Madison, July 31, 1788 Plea for... | |
 | Kimberly C. Shankman - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 152 pages
...liberty; shortly after the Constitution was written, he wrote to remind his friend James Madison that "I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive." As the possibility of oppression increased proportionate to the distance of the government... | |
 | Tedd Adamovich - Fiction - 2000 - 237 pages
...street and publicly flog him." "That's a bit strong, don't you think?" "Heck no. Jefferson also said, 'I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.' He was exactly right, and that's exactly what we've got. They judge how good Congress... | |
 | James H. Read - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 228 pages
...liberty of those subject to its authority, even — perhaps especially — in a popular government. "I own I am not a friend to a very energetic government," Jefferson wrote to Madison. "It is always oppressive."4 For Wilson energetic government and popular... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - History - 2003 - 642 pages
...letter, and still less in spirit. This of course echoed '4 Here again Jefferson is an apparent exception: "I own I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive." Jefferson to Madison, December 20, 1787, in JPW, p. 362. Later, as President (1801-08),... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 2003 - 276 pages
...fact triable by the laws of the land, and not by the laws of nations. December 20,1787 (MCMII, 274) 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. December... | |
 | Edmund Sears Morgan - Medicine - 2004 - 344 pages
...new government, instead of merely revising the Articles of Confederation. To Madison he confessed, "I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive." The new one promised to turn oppressive quickly, he thought, because it lacked a bill... | |
 | David L. Faigman - History - 2004 - 440 pages
...philosophy, firmly believing that power inevitably threatened liberty. Jefferson wrote to Madison, "I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive."49 Still, being in Paris, Jefferson well appreciated that a disunited America led to disrespect... | |
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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... 
