regent
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Today, would Jefferson be a Republican or a Democrat?
Too stupid by 1000%. Jefferson was 100% opposed to big government and that was before the big 20th Century liberals: Hitler Stalin and Mao.
He knew in the 18th Century from looking at Europe Greece and Rome, but you still don't know it. You are perfect testimony to the pure ignorance of liberalism
"My reading of history convinces me that bad government results from too much government."-Jefferson
Welcome to your first lesson in American History
Absolutely, Jefferson was against big governments, particulary if the governments were monarchies and ruled by Divine right. Did history bear out Jefferson's views, of course, but as history changed and as our government changed Jefferson's fears began to recede, and when Jefferson became the government even more of his fear left. If Jefferson were alive today not only would he be a Democrat but probably he would be to the left of the present party. Read on Jefferson, government was not the defining cause of Jefferson's liberalism, it was what the government did and not its size that was his main concern.