Jefferson to Francois de Marbois

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As this quotation shows, Jefferson believed that the expansion of U.S. territory would help ensure the liberty and prosperity of its citizens. The American experiment in government based on equality and consent, he maintained, had disproven the once widely accepted idea that republics had to be small in order to remain united and free.


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