I have so much confidence in the good sense of man, and his qualifications for self-government, that I am never afraid of the issue where reason is left free to exert her force.


Papers: March 1789 to 30 November 1789 (ed. 1958)

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

I have so much confidence in the good sense of man, and his qualifications for self-government, that I am never afraid of the issue where reason is...

I have so much confidence in the good sense of man, and his qualifications for self-government, that I am never afraid of the issue where reason is...

I have so much confidence in the good sense of man, and his qualifications for self-government, that I am never afraid of the issue where reason is...

I have so much confidence in the good sense of man, and his qualifications for self-government, that I am never afraid of the issue where reason is...