The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.”– Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson: “The two enemies of the people are criminals and government…”
Jefferson never said that.
https://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/two-enemies-people-are-criminals-and-governmentquotation
And I’m sure neither he nor any of his contemporaries ever used the word “legalized,” which was the tip-off for me.