I would rather be exposed to the inconveniencies attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. by Thomas Jefferson

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"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniencies attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." - Copy to Clipboard
-- Thomas Jefferson

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