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> What is the Thomas Jefferson quote which has, if I remember > correctly, the phrase "close ... circle of our felicity"? I cannot > seem to find it in Jefferson quotes websites. The quote you are seeking is probably this one: "With all [our] blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow citizens--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 from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities." --Thomas Jefferson: 1st Inaugural, 1801. From: Thomas Jefferson on Politics & Government http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/