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God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion... we have had thirteen states independent for eleven years. there has been one rebellion. that comes to one rebellion in a century and a half, for each state. what country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion.
-Thomas Jefferson
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God Forbid We Should Ever Be Twenty

Thomas Jefferson
God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion... we have had thirteen states independent for eleven years. there has been one rebellion. that comes to one rebellion in a century and a half, for each state. what country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion.
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