...practiced in various forms, yet all of them inculcating honesty, truth, temperance, gratitude, and the lave of man; acknowledging and adoring an overruling Providence,...happiness of man here, and his greater happiness hereafter (emphasis added). Given Jefferson's youthful avowals on the subject of religion, this statement is...

...greater happiness hereafter — with all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow-citizens...restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take...

...Nation, George Washington, April 30, 1789 [Acknowledging and adoring an overruling Providence . . . with all these blessings, what more is necessary to...happy and prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow-citizens-a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which...

...government that animated the Constitution. As Thomas Jefferson said, "the sum of good government" is "a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take...

...and the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts." Jefferson insisted on a return to first principles: "a wise and frugal government which shall restrain men from injuring one another" and be dominated by the legislature was the "sum of good government."10" Believing that the citizenry...

...that he wished the nation to know that he planned to follow to the best of his ability. He called for "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."...

...universal philosophical sun. An "overruling Providence" shone on all, regardless of belief or unbelief, for "it delights in the happiness of man here and his greater happiness hereafter."10 As he spoke, Kentucky was experiencing "religious stirrings" after revivals at Gasper...

...everything you've got." 14 Pillar 3: Divine Law In his first inaugural address, Thomas Jefferson said "a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another"15 is necessary to make a happy and prosperous people. Laws are to be created and enforced...

...surpass those of today's politicians, In his first inaugural address, he declared that we should be "acknowledging and adoring an overruling Providence,...of man here and his greater happiness hereafter,' * In his first message to Congress, in i8or, he thanked the "beneficent Bcing' who instilled in the...

...control of the national government in 1800, President Jefferson was able to implement his vision of "a wise and frugal government which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take...