In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we to…

Thomas Jefferson
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In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence shall be removed, when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, hostilities shall cease on our part also. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1950). The papers of Thomas Jefferson
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In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence shall be removed, when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, hostilities shall cease on our part also. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1950). The papers of Thomas Jefferson

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