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Jefferson Kos Portrait(1).jpgFor most of my life I have heard attributed to Thomas Jefferson the phrase "that government governs best which governs least." However after I learned that Thomas Jefferson was so much an admirer of Epicurus, I began to question whether Jefferson would really have made a statement that tends toward an "absolutist" position in stating that one form of government will always be the best. Turns out the internet has several good pages that point out that there is no docu…

Yes I think that is the source they are talking about. I'm not familiar with it (not since college anway) but yes I think that is the source.