I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmo…

Thomas Jefferson
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I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1984). Jefferson: Writings, p.1135, Library of America
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I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1984). Jefferson: Writings, p.1135, Library of America

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