The oppressed should rebel, and they will continue to rebel and raise …

Thomas Jefferson
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The oppressed should rebel, and they will continue to rebel and raise disturbance until their civil rights are fully restored to them and all partial distinctions, exlusions, and incapacitations are removed. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Martin Alfred Larson (1981). Jefferson, magnificent populist, Devin-Adair Pub
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