Resolved ... that it would be a dangerous delusion were a confidence i…

Thomas Jefferson
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Resolved ... that it would be a dangerous delusion were a confidence in the men of our choice to silence our fears for the safety of our rights: that confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism - free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence.
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