Jefferson: The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground

"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." 

 "...one of the most profound preferences in human nature is for satisfying one’s needs and desires with the least possible exertion; for appropriating wealth produced by the labor of others, rather than producing it by one’s own labor… the stronger and more centralized the government, the safer would be the guarantee of such monopolies; in other words, the stronger the government, the weaker the producer, the less consideration need be given him and the more might be taken away from him." ~Jefferson