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Life of Thomas Jefferson: with selections from the most valuable portions of his voluminious and unrivalled private correspondence : with portrait

Book by Thomas Jefferson · 2 quotes · Government, Country, May

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“I have done for my country and for all mankind, all that I could do, and I now resign my soul, without fear, to my God - my daughter to my country.”

“Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object: the public good; but they differ essentially in what they deem the means of promoting that good. One side believes it best done by one composition of the governing powers, the other by a different one. One fears most the ignorance of the people; the other the selfishness of rulers independent of them. Which is right, time and experience will prove.”