[little jeremiah]

I just checked and that is a spurious quotation from Thomas Jefferson. I’ve seen over the years many statements attributed to Thomas Jefferson that he never said, almost a cottage industry.

https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/when-government-fears-people-there-liberty-spurious-quotation

Entire explanation at link.

[Bigg Red]

Thanks for looking that up. Why do people misquote Jefferson and other famous people? Annoying.