Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette
01/01/1785
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Those who have been blessed with the privileges of education should be the guardians of those privileges for the benefit...
Liberty is a precious gift that must be safeguarded by all.
The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.