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They Said It
An Interesting Quote from
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson, Fouth Panel
of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC
"I am not an advocate
for frequent changes in laws and constitutions,
but laws and institutions must go hand in hand
with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes
more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries
are made, new truths discovered and manners and
opinions change, with the change of circumstances,
institutions must advance also to keep pace with
the times. We might as well require a man to wear
still the coat which fitted him when a boy as
civilized society to remain under the regimen
of their barbarous ancestors."
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