He who is permitted by law to have no property of his own, can with di…

Thomas Jefferson
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He who is permitted by law to have no property of his own, can with difficulty conceive that property is founded in anything but force. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2010). The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1786-1787, p.447, Cosimo, Inc.
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He who is permitted by law to have no property of his own, can with difficulty conceive that property is founded in anything but force. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2010). The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1786-1787, p.447, Cosimo, Inc.

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