| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 30859 |
| QUOTATION: | I believe from what I have lately seen that we should be substantially safe were our Citizens Armed, but we have not as many Arms as we have Enemies in the State. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), U.S. president. Letter, April 12, 1781, to La Luzerne. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 5, p. 422, ed. Julian P. Boyd, et al. (1950).
Written while governor of Virginia, during the British invasion of the state. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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