Friday, June 19, 2020
The Mobs of Great Cities
Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XIX:
Statue of Thomas Jefferson (Portland, Oregon)
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The mobs of great cities add just so much to the support of pure government, as sores do to the strength of the human body. It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigour. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.
