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QuoteAges 16–18 · The Liberal Education
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson, 1787
Letter to William Stephens Smith, November 13, 1787

Jefferson on Shays's Rebellion. The most-quoted and most-debated Jefferson line.

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