Letter (1796-04-24) to Philip Mazzei - Jefferson, Thomas | WIST Quotations

[T]imid men […] prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) American political philosopher, polymath, statesman, US President (1801-09)
Letter (1796-04-24) to Philip Mazzei
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