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Use the following statement from Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address to answer the question below:

"A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which 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…"--Public Domain

Which of the following best agrees with Jefferson's statement on the role of government?

Adam Smith's opinions on laissez-faire economics
Mary Wollstonecraft's opinions on the education of women
Voltaire's opinions on the power of enlightened despots
Rousseau's opinions on the original state of humanity

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Adam Smith's opinions on laissez-faire economics

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The definition of laissez-faire: an economic philosophy that holds that markets should operate freely, without government interference

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