Jefferson refused to pin his hopes on the occasional success of honest and unambitious men; on the contrary, the great danger was that philosophers would be lulled into complacence by the accidental rise of a Franklin or a Washington. Any government which made the welfare of men depend on the character of their governors was an illusion.
Daniel J. Boorstin, The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson (1948)
- Stavropol Krai (Wikipedia)
Stavropol Krai (Russian: Ставропо́льский край, romanized: Stavropolʹskiy kray), also known as Stavropolye (Russian: Ставропо́лье), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia, and is administratively part of the North Caucasian Federal District. Stavropol Krai has a population of 2,907,593, according to the 2021 Census.
