The man who loves his country on its own account, and not merely for i…

Thomas Jefferson
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The man who loves his country on its own account, and not merely for its trappings of interest or power, can never be divorced for it, can never refuse to come forward when he finds that she is engaged in dangers which he has the means of warding off. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1829). Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies from the papers of T. Jefferson, p.360
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