I had always hoped that the younger generation receiving their early i…

Thomas Jefferson
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I had always hoped that the younger generation receiving their early impressions after the flame of liberty had been kindled in every breast . . . would have sympathized with oppression wherever found, and proved their love of liberty beyond their own share of it. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1977). The Portable Thomas Jefferson, p.431, Penguin
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