The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure g…

Thomas Jefferson
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The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human body. It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, John Dewey (2008). The Essential Jefferson, p.75, Courier Corporation
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