The right to use a thing comprehends a right to the means necessary to…

Thomas Jefferson
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The right to use a thing comprehends a right to the means necessary to its use, and without which it would be useless. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, H. A. Washington (2011). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private, p.173, Cambridge University Press
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