Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. . . . We might as well require a man to wear the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain forever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.
Thomas JeffersonA government held together by the bands of reason only, requires much compromise of opinion.
Thomas JeffersonI own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.
Thomas JeffersonI never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith; having never believed there was one code of morality for a public, and another for a private man.
Thomas Jefferson