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26 October
7:58 pm

Thomas Jefferson described [good government] as a wise and frugal government

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Mark Baisley, at Colorado U.S. Senate General Election Debate (Colorado Sun)

7:58 pm
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Why we checked itBaisley attributes the phrase 'wise and frugal government' to Thomas Jefferson. This specific attribution is verifiable against Jefferson's writings and speeches.
What we foundThomas Jefferson did describe good government as 'a wise and frugal government' in his First Inaugural Address of March 4, 1801, explicitly calling it 'the sum of good government.'
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