In a government bottomed on the will of all, the... liberty of every i…

Thomas Jefferson
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In a government bottomed on the will of all, the... liberty of every individual citizen becomes interesting to all. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2010). The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence and Papers, 1803-1807, p.192, Cosimo, Inc.
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