I hope we shall . . . crush in [its] birth the aristocracy of our moni…

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I hope we shall . . . crush in [its] birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2010). The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence and Papers, 1816-1826, p.44, Cosimo, Inc.
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I hope we shall . . . crush in [its] birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2010). The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence and Papers, 1816-1826, p.44, Cosimo, Inc.

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