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-benA labmate and I were discussing classical liberalism in lab today when he mentioned reading a collection of Jefferson’s papers. I was browsing through it and found these two awesome, if somewhat less well-known, quoteworthy gems:
What a cruel reflection, that a rich country cannot long be a free one. - Travel Notes (Mar 1788)
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. - To Charles Yancy, Monticello, Jan 6 1816
I wish our public schools would publish more of this kinda stuff. It seems they don’t care too much for history that shows the uglier side of U.S. history, as I just learned in my American civ class this last semester. Learned a lot of good stuff.