From the nature of things, every society must at all times possess wit…

Thomas Jefferson
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From the nature of things, every society must at all times possess within itself the sovereign powers of legislation. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1977). The Portable Thomas Jefferson, p.42, Penguin
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