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TJE Original Title:
A little rebellion...(Quotation)
"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, & as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical." - Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, Paris, 30 January 1787[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ PTJ 11:93. Letterpress copy at the Library of Congress. Ford transcription is available online.
See Also
Further Sources
- Jefferson, Thomas. "Revolution and Reformation." Thomas Jefferson on Politics and Government. Compiled and edited by Eyler Robert Coates, Sr. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff1770.htm.