I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the g…

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I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of man. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1859). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence. Reports and opinions while secretary of state, p.339
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