We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a f…

Thomas Jefferson
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We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed. ✨ Letter to Marquis de Lafayette, 2 Apr. 1790
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We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed. ✨ Letter to Marquis de Lafayette, 2 Apr. 1790

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