Thomas Jefferson quote: We have the wolf by the ears; and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is ...

We have the wolf by the ears; and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other.

~ Thomas Jefferson ~

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