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[–] JeffersonWeighsIn 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

"The patriot, like the Christian, must learn that to bear revilings and persecutions is a part of his duty; and in proportion as the trial is severe, firmness under it becomes more requisite and praiseworthy."

--Thomas Jefferson to James Sullivan, 1805. ME 11:73