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Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Born: Apr 13, 1743
Died: Jul 4, 1826

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Despotism, Immediate, Vital, Parent, Force, Principle

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The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it. Thomas Jefferson
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