Lay down true principles and adhere to them inflexibly. Do not be frig…

Thomas Jefferson
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Lay down true principles and adhere to them inflexibly. Do not be frightened into their surrender by the alarms of the timid, or the croakings of wealth against the ascendency of the people. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1977). The Portable Thomas Jefferson, p.439, Penguin
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