Thomas Jefferson Quote

Should look forward to a time, and that not a distant one, when corruption in this, as in the country from which we derive our origin, will have seized the heads of government, and be spread by them through the body of the people; when they will purchase the voices of the people, and make them pay the price.


Notes on the State of Virginia (ed. 1832)


Should look forward to a time, and that not a distant one, when corruption in this, as in the country from which we derive our origin, will have...

Should look forward to a time, and that not a distant one, when corruption in this, as in the country from which we derive our origin, will have...

Should look forward to a time, and that not a distant one, when corruption in this, as in the country from which we derive our origin, will have...

Should look forward to a time, and that not a distant one, when corruption in this, as in the country from which we derive our origin, will have...