George Washington seemed a little more worried

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“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.”

Because of these beliefs, these men created a government designed to be as small as necessary to provide for common defense, keep the civil peace, and guarantee an impartial legal system. From Jefferson’s address:

“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 asia mobile number list the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and all that is necessary to close the circle of our felicities.”

Almost immediately forces began to act upon the newly created nation to influence the people towards a more control oriented model of government. The newly elected government passed the “Alien and Sedition Acts” in 1798, outlawing criticism of the government and setting the legal framework to allow the imprisonment of US Citizens during war time, (see FDR and Japanese internment camps).

There were various other attacks on Liberty over the years, including the Whiskey Rebellion, Federal Reserve Act, and two World Wars. Despite these attacks, this country remained relatively free and prosperous, in large part due to the principles that most Americans shared.