Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liber…

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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2010). The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1793-1798, p.238, Cosimo, Inc.
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2010). The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1793-1798, p.238, Cosimo, Inc.

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