While its true that Jefferson publically supported a smaller government, much of what we call big government came from the Jefferson amdministration. Jefferson comes from the Democrat-Republican party which is the forerunner of the Jacksonian Democratic party that continues today. The parties change along with the political climates. The party of Lincoln was founded from the ashes of the Whig party which is sort of descended from the Federalist party. The Republican party was founded on its
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