Thomas Jefferson Quote

In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will discover, and wickedness insensibly open, cultivate and improve.


Notes on the State of Virginia (ed. 1832)


In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will discover, and wickedness...

In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will discover, and wickedness...

In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will discover, and wickedness...

In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will discover, and wickedness...