A Summary View of the Rights of British America Quotes

“The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.”

― Thomas Jefferson, A Summary View of the Rights of British America

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“Still less let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own.”

― Thomas Jefferson, A Summary View of the Rights of British America

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“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.”

― Thomas Jefferson, A Summary View of the Rights of British America

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“History has informed us that bodies of men, as well as individuals, are susceptible of the spirit of tyranny.”

― Thomas Jefferson, A Summary View of the Rights of British America

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