Courtesy of Bernie Way, this Jefferson quote explains why certain libertarians who think of themselves as Jeffersonians and natural rights advocates support state action to save Terri Shiavo from her death-dealing husband and his accomplices in the Florida judiciary. (See Ilana Mercer’s Friday, March 26 WorldNetDaily column as an example). “The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” –Thomas Jefferson