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Quotes from Letter to H. Tompkinson (AKA Samuel Kercheval) — Thomas Jefferson

1743–1826 United States

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I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions.

Letter to H. Tompkinson (AKA Samuel Kercheval) (1816)

Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.

Letter to H. Tompkinson (AKA Samuel Kercheval) (1816)

The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen, in his person and property, and in their management.

Letter to H. Tompkinson (AKA Samuel Kercheval) (1816)

The mother principle [is] that 'governments are republican only in proportion as they embody the will of their people, and execute it.'".

Letter to H. Tompkinson (AKA Samuel Kercheval) (1816)

Only lay down true principles, and adhere to them inflexibly. Do not be frightened into their surrender by the alarms of the timid, or the croakings of wealth against the ascendency of the people.

Letter to H. Tompkinson (AKA Samuel Kercheval) (1816)

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