When we come to the moral principles on which the government is to be administered, we come to what is proper for all conditions of society. Liberty, truth, probity, honor, are declared to be the four cardinal principles of society. I believe that morality, compassion, generosity, are innate elements of the human constitution; that there exists a right independent of force. β¨ Thomas Jefferson, John Dewey (2008). The Essential Jefferson, p.85, Courier Corporation
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