I have so much confidence in the good sense of man, and his qualificat…

Thomas Jefferson
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I have so much confidence in the good sense of man, and his qualifications for self-government, that I am never afraid of the issue where reason is left free to exert her force. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts, p.111, Rowman & Littlefield
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