“I am convinced that those societies (as the Indians) which l…”

“I am convinced that those societies (as the Indians) which live without government enjoy in their general mass an infinitely greater degree of happiness than those who live under the European governments.”

— Thomas Jefferson

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Title: Wikiquote: Thomas Jefferson
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Letter to Colonel Edward Carrington, Paris, (16 January 1787)

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