In every free and deliberating society, there must, from the nature of…

Thomas Jefferson
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In every free and deliberating society, there must, from the nature of man, be opposite parties, and violent dissensions and discords; and one of these, for the most part, must prevail over the other for a longer or shorter time. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1829). Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J. Randolph, p.400
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