endent of the others…to protect itself from enterprises of force attempted on the by the others” Thomas Jefferson would fervently disagree with the notion of a “guided republic” for a number of reasons. His strongest underlying sentiment was that “every society must at all times possess within itself the sovereign powers of legislation” or a “legislature to whom [the people] may have delegated sovereign authority” , an idea vehemently opposed by a guiding council. Jefferson did not think that the people should be governed under “a very energetic government [because] it is always oppressive” . He, instead, believed in a weaker leader who “may offer, but not impose himself” as stated in his Notes on the State of Virginia. In Jefferson’s mind, a “guided republic” was no better than the rule of the British monarchy. His faith in the new American system led him to the conclusion that “the limited powers of the federal government…afford a security which exists in no other instance” , whereas a limit on the power of the government in a supervised democracy does not exist. Thomas Jefferson stood for every right, freedom and practice that a supervised democracy opposed.Jefferson believed that the American way was the right way. He had faith in the system, which he helped to create, and stood by it until the day he died. The prosperity of Americans under the freedoms that were allowed for by the Constitution of the United States cemented his immense respect for the new republic. Thomas Jefferson was a man of principles who felt strongly about what he believed in. In the final letter of his life, to Roger C. Weightman, he showed immense pride in the fact “that our fellow citizens, after half a century of experience and prosperity, continue to approve the choice we made” . Because of Thomas Jefferson, “the form [of governm...
