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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 4638 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) |
| QUOTATION: | If a due participation of office is a matter of right, how are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few; by resignation, none. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Letter to Elias Shipman and others of New Haven, July 12, 1801. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. Usually quoted, “Few die and none resign.” [back] |
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