A single good government becomes... a blessing to the whole earth, its welcome to the oppressed restraining within certain limits the measure of their oppressions. But should even this be counteracted by violence on the right of expatriation, the other branch of our example then presents itself for imitation: to rise on their rulers and do as we have done. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2016). The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 12: 1 September 1817 to 21 April 1818, p.20, Princeton University Press
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