Every man, and every body of men on earth, possesses the right of self-government. They receive it with their being from the hand of nature. Individuals exercise it by their single will; collections of men by that of their majority; for the law of the majority is the natural law of every society of men.


The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (ed. 1854)

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Every man, and every body of men on earth, possesses the right of self-government. They receive it with their being from the hand of nature....

Every man, and every body of men on earth, possesses the right of self-government. They receive it with their being from the hand of nature....

Every man, and every body of men on earth, possesses the right of self-government. They receive it with their being from the hand of nature....

Every man, and every body of men on earth, possesses the right of self-government. They receive it with their being from the hand of nature....