Industry, commerce and security are the surest roads to the happiness …

Thomas Jefferson
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Industry, commerce and security are the surest roads to the happiness and prosperity of people. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Lyman Henry Butterfield, Charles T. Cullen, John Catanzariti (1958). Papers: March 1789 to 30 November 1789
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