Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the hu…

Thomas Jefferson
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Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. . . . We might as well require a man to wear the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain forever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors. ✨ Letter to Samuel Kercheval, 12 July 1816
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Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. . . . We might as well require a man to wear the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain forever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors. ✨ Letter to Samuel Kercheval, 12 July 1816

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