evidence: Another example of ‘too much government’ [...] Thomas Jefferson said: "My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government."Jefferson provided this vision for the proper role of government: "A wise and frugal Government 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." Treacherously, lawmakers and bureaucrats in Washington and Oklahoma have strayed from Jefferson’s fundamental approach to government. We have too much government, too much regulation, and too many taxes.