Aristocrats fear the people, and wish to transfer all power to the hig…

Thomas Jefferson
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Aristocrats fear the people, and wish to transfer all power to the higher classes of society. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1861). Correspondence. Reports and opinions while secretarry of state, p.391
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