At 13:24 -0600 02/10/8, Jim Elwell wrote:
>I'll quote Thomas Jefferson to close:
>
>"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."

Jim,

I am preparing a paper on "moins d'état", i.e. less state
intervention in citizens' day to day life (not yet libertarian
government !).

Could you tell me the exact origin of this quotation?

Many thanks

Louis

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