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— Thomas Jefferson"Our wish is that...[there be] maintained that state of property, equal or unequal, which results to every man from his own industry or that of his fathers."
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The rights of the people to the exercise and fruits of their own industry can never be protected against the selfishness of rulers not subject to their control at short periods.
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