God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the Gift of God?

Thomas Jefferson

(1743 – 1826) 3rd U.S. President, 2nd U.S. Vice President, 1st U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Ambassador to France, Principal Author of the Declaration of Independence.

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