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“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.”

— Thomas Jefferson

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Title
Wikiquote: Thomas Jefferson
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Context

Letter to Edward Carrington, Paris (27 May 1788)

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Jefferson, Thomas. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Thomas Jefferson. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson

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