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Quotation from Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania by John Dickinson
“A perpetual jealousy respecting liberty, is absolutely requisite in all free states.”
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, Letter XI (1903 Outlook Company reprint of the 1768 Boston edition, Project Gutenberg text)
The opening principle of the letter on precedents, explaining why mixed governments depend on vigilance.
Citation: "A perpetual jealousy respecting liberty, is absolutely requisite in all free states." — John Dickinson, Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, Letter XI (1903 Outlook Company reprint of the 1768 Boston edition, Project Gutenberg text). (id letters-from-a-farmer-in-pennsylvania-q6)
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