Quote by: Thomas Jefferson

I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power.


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  • NameThomas Jefferson
  • DescriptionAmerican politician, 3rd president of the United States (in office from 1801 to 1809)
  • BornApril 2, 1743
  • DiedJuly 4, 1826
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTeacher; Cryptographer; Architect; Lawyer; Writer; Diplomat; Politician; Philosopher; Inventor; Farmer