The true fountains of evidence [are] the head and heart of every ratio…

Thomas Jefferson
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The true fountains of evidence [are] the head and heart of every rational and honest man. It is there nature has written her moral laws, and where every man may read them for himself. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1854). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin. Reports and opinions while Secretary of State, p.613
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