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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 1091 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) |
| QUOTATION: | … the giver of life, who gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to James Monroe, May 20, 1782.—The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Julian P. Boyd, vol. 6, p. 186 (1952). |
| SUBJECTS: | Life |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
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