It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail…

Thomas Jefferson
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It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). Jefferson: Political Writings, p.363, Cambridge University Press
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It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). Jefferson: Political Writings, p.363, Cambridge University Press

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