Our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have…

Thomas Jefferson
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Our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Richard Holland Johnston, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
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