I had always hoped that the younger generation receiving their early impressions after the flame of liberty had been kindled in every breast, & had become as it were the vital spirit of every American, that the generous temperament of youth, analogous to the motion of their blood, and above the suggestions of avarice, would have sympathized with oppression wherever found, and proved their love of liberty beyond their own share of it.


Letter to Edward Coles (1814)

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

I had always hoped that the younger generation receiving their early impressions after the flame of liberty had been kindled in every breast, & had...

I had always hoped that the younger generation receiving their early impressions after the flame of liberty had been kindled in every breast, & had...

I had always hoped that the younger generation receiving their early impressions after the flame of liberty had been kindled in every breast, & had...

I had always hoped that the younger generation receiving their early impressions after the flame of liberty had been kindled in every breast, & had...