Famous Quotes | Be a listener only, keep within...

Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics. - Thomas Jefferson
Attribution: Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), U.S. president. Letter, November 24, 1808, to his grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph. The Family Letters of Thomas Jefferson, p. 364, eds. E.M. Betts and J.A. Bear, Jr. (1966).

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