The fantastical idea of virtue and the public good being a sufficient security to the state against the commission of crimes, which you say you have heard insisted on by some, I assure you was never mine.


The papers of Thomas Jefferson (ed. 1950)

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

The fantastical idea of virtue and the public good being a sufficient security to the state against the commission of crimes, which you say you have...

The fantastical idea of virtue and the public good being a sufficient security to the state against the commission of crimes, which you say you have...

The fantastical idea of virtue and the public good being a sufficient security to the state against the commission of crimes, which you say you have...

The fantastical idea of virtue and the public good being a sufficient security to the state against the commission of crimes, which you say you have...