"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become corrupt as in Europe."
— Thomas Jefferson

January 1, 1970

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Sources

Letter to James Madison (20 December 1787), The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (19 Vols., 1905) edited by Andrew A. Lipscomb and Albert Ellery Bergh, Vol. VI, p. 392.