| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1063 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Jefferson (17431826) |
| QUOTATION: | I would rather be exposed to the inconveniencies attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to Archibald Stuart, December 23, 1791.The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Paul L. Ford, vol. 5, p. 409 (1895). |
| SUBJECTS: | Liberty |
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