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349. ANARCHY, Suppress.—

Let this be
the distinctive mark of an American that, in
cases of commotion, he enlists himself under
no man's banner, inquires for no man's name,
but repairs to the standard of the laws. Do
this and you need never fear anarchy or
tyranny. Your government will be perpetual.

From Jefferson's Mss. Ford ed., viii, 1.
(1801?)