If virtuous, the government need not fear the fair operation of attack…

Thomas Jefferson
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If virtuous, the government need not fear the fair operation of attack and defense. Nature has given to man no other means of sifting the truth, either in religion, law, or politics. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts, p.133, Rowman & Littlefield
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