Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art. To give praise which is not due might be well from the venal, but would ill beseem those who are asserting the rights of human nature. They know, and will therefore say, that kings are the servants, not the proprietors of the people.


A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774)

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art. To give praise which is not due might be well from the venal, but would ill beseem those who...

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art. To give praise which is not due might be well from the venal, but would ill beseem those who...

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art. To give praise which is not due might be well from the venal, but would ill beseem those who...

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art. To give praise which is not due might be well from the venal, but would ill beseem those who...