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Thomas Jefferson Quotes: I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
         

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.


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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
         



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