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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 727 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) |
| QUOTATION: | If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | President THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to Thomas Cooper, November 29, 1802.—The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Paul L. Ford, vol. 8, p. 178 (1897). |
| SUBJECTS: | Government |
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