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We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a feather-bed. — Thomas Jefferson

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We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a feather-bed.

Thomas Jefferson
1790
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Price of freedom
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1790
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Thomas Jefferson
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Jefferson, Thomas. "The Marquis de Lafayette, April 2, 1790." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.
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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Marquis de Lafayette. 2 Apr. 1790.

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