I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty. (Thomas Jefferson)

I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.

Thomas Jefferson

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