Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the mo…

Thomas Jefferson
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Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the moral sense and reason of man. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1854). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, p.618
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Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the moral sense and reason of man. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1854). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, p.618

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