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thank you for this post. The article as well worth the read.
This:
Jefferson had these stinging remarks to make on a bill that would have placed control over a system of education in the hands of state officials.The way to have good government is not to trust it all but to divide it among the many.
“If it is believed that these elementary schools will be better managed by the governor and council, the commissioners of the literary fund, or any other general authority of the government, than by the parents within each ward, it is a belief against all experience. Try the principle one step further and amend the bill so as to commit to the governor and council the management of all our farms, our mills, and merchants’ stores. No, my friend, the way to have good and safe government is not to trust it all to one but to divide it among the many, distributing to everyone exactly the functions he is competent to."
what Jefferson warns against, is what the communists are trying to move us towards.