"It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions." | by: | Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President |
Source: | Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Richard Mentor Johnson, 10 March 1808
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-7586 |
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