Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freed…

Thomas Jefferson
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Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts, p.21, Rowman & Littlefield
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