A little rebellion...(Quotation)
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| - | "I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, & as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical." - [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[James Madison]], [[Paris]], 30 January 1787<ref>[[Short Title List|''PTJ'']] 11:93. Letterpress copy at the Library of Congress: [http://memory.loc.gov/master/mss/mtj/mtj1/006/1100/1111.jpg http://memory.loc.gov/master/mss/mtj/mtj1/006/1100/1111.jpg]. A transcription of this letter from [[Short Title List|Ford]] is available at [http://oll.libertyfund.org/Home3/HTML.php?recordID=0054.05#hd_lf054-05_head_055 http://oll.libertyfund.org/Home3/HTML.php?recordID=0054.05#hd_lf054-05_head_055].</ref> | + | "I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, & as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical." - [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[James Madison]], [[Paris]], 30 January 1787<ref>[[Short Title List|''PTJ'']] 11:93. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page006.db&recNum=1109 Letterpress copy] at the Library of Congress. [[Short Title List|Ford]] transcription is [http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/802/86654 available online].</ref> |
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| + | *Thomas Jefferson on Politics and Government: [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff1770.htm Revolution and Reformation]. | ||
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"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, & as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical." - Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, Paris, 30 January 1787[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ PTJ 11:93. Letterpress copy at the Library of Congress. Ford transcription is available online.
Further Sources
- Thomas Jefferson on Politics and Government: Revolution and Reformation.
