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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-11 11:41 PM
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Today's DU quote from President Thomas Jefferson

March 4, 1801 - In his inaugural address, President Thomas Jefferson asserted, "Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned."
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Lost in Space Donating Member (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-05-11 12:33 AM
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1. Not what it appears
Jefferson was saying something much more libertarian:

"...a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which 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. This is the sum of good government."

http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/2736
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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-05-11 01:20 AM
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2. Welcome to the DU
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Lost in Space Donating Member (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-05-11 10:17 AM
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3. Thanks!
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