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Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Born: Apr 13, 1743
Died: Jul 4, 1826

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Corruption, Destruction, Will, Power, First, Country, Our, Consolidation, Steady, Road, Taking, Wit, Course, Pass, Then, Show, Now, Necessary, Consequence

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