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Quote from Thomas Jefferson,


Every species of government has its specific principles. Ours perhaps are more peculiar than those of any other in the universe. It is a composition of the freest principles of the English constitution, with others derived from natural right and natural reason.


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Thomas Jefferson (more quotes by Thomas Jefferson or books by/about Thomas Jefferson)


(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President

Source:

Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query 8 (1783)

Courtesy of:

https://stream.org/the-founders-on-immigration/

Categories:

Government, Freedom, Principle, Constitution, Nature, Law, Right, Reason

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