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“I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.”

— Thomas Jefferson, Letter to David Hartley (2 July 1787)

About Thomas Jefferson

1743 – 1826

American statesman, principal author of the Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States.

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