| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 725 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) |
| QUOTATION: | I confess I have the same fears for our South American brethren; the qualifications for self-government in society are not innate. They are the result of habit and long training, and for these they will require time and probably much suffering. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to Edward Everett, March 27, 1824.—The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Andrew A. Lipscomb, vol. 16, p. 22 (1904). |
| SUBJECTS: | Government |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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