Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly p…

Thomas Jefferson
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Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are not yet in that stage of degeneracy. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1855). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, p.199
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Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are not yet in that stage of degeneracy. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1855). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, p.199

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