Thomas Jefferson Quote

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)


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.