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Quote from Thomas Jefferson,


"The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society."


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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:

Letter to Pierre Samuel Dupont de Nemours, 1816

Categories:

Crime, Democracy, Individualism, Law, Oppression, Society

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