In a republican nation whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance.


The Real Thomas Jefferson (ed. Natl Center for Constitutional, 1983)

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

In a republican nation whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance.

In a republican nation whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance.

In a republican nation whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance.

In a republican nation whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance.