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Quote from Thomas Jefferson,


"I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health and the liberties of man. True, they nourish some of the elegant arts; but the useful ones can thrive elsewhere; and less perfection in the others, with more health, virtue and freedom, would be my choice."


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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:

letter to Benjamin Rush, 1800. ME 10:173

Categories:

Art, Freedom, Health, Law, Liberty, Morals, Responsibility, Virtue

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