"I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as
necessary in the political world as storms in the physical."
-- Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison, January 30, 1787
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-- Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison, January 30, 1787
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