It behooves our citizens to be on their guard, to be firm in their pri…

Thomas Jefferson
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It behooves our citizens to be on their guard, to be firm in their principles, and full of confidence in themselves. We are able to preserve our self-government if we will but think so. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1854). The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private, p.320
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