By: RetroRay

RetroRay — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:03:59 +0000

The quotation to which you refer (i.e., “I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.”) was written by Thomas Jefferson 10 years before he became President.

He wrote it in 1791, while serving as the first Secretary of State under President George Washington, in a colloquy with Archibald Stuart about the meaning of "The Right to Life and Liberty" as found in "The Declaration of Independence."

[Archibald Stuart (1757-1832) was a lawyer and judge. He read law under Thomas Jefferson.]
References :
http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff0100.htm
"The Writings of Thomas Jefferson." Vol. 8 (p.286). Memorial Edition. Lipscomb and Bergh, eds. 20 Vols., Washington, D.C. 1903.
http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Archibald_Stuart

By: Sledge

Sledge — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:46:59 +0000

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

-Thomas Jefferson
References :
http://www.quoteland.com/topic.asp?CATEGORY_ID=94

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