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Quote from Thomas Jefferson,


"If the people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny."


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 Notes on Viriginia, Query XVII
see: http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Thomas.Jefferson.Quote.F3B9

Categories:

Drugs, Government, Health, Prohibition, Tyranny

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