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Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Richard Holland Johnston, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
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