I have never been so well pleased, as when I could shift power from
my own, on the sholders of others; nor have I ever been able to conceive
how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise
of power over others.
-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to Monsieur Destutt de Tracy, January 26, 1811,
-- reprinted in The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, XIII,
-- ed. A. E. Bergh (1853)
my own, on the sholders of others; nor have I ever been able to conceive
how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise
of power over others.
-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to Monsieur Destutt de Tracy, January 26, 1811,
-- reprinted in The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, XIII,
-- ed. A. E. Bergh (1853)
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