"Der Baum der Freiheit muß von Zeit zu Zeit mit dem Blut der Patrioten und der Tyrannen begossen werden. Dies ist der Freiheit natürlicher Dünger."
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zitiert in: Hannah Arendt. Über die Revolution. München Piper, 1963. S. 300
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Thomas Jefferson
1743 – 1826
US-amerikanischer Politiker und der dritte Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten (1801–1809).
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