Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.


Notes on the State of Virginia (ed. 1832)

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.