I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier…

Thomas Jefferson
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I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2010). The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1793-1798, p.262, Cosimo, Inc.
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