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Quote from Thomas Jefferson,


"The republican is the only form of government which is not
eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind."


By:

Thomas Jefferson (more quotes by Thomas Jefferson or books by/about Thomas Jefferson)


(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President

Source:

Paraphrased from a letter to William Hunter, 11 March 1790
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mtj:@field(DOCID+@lit(tj060021))

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Government, Justice, Republic, Rights, Secrecy, War

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