Where the law of the majority ceases to be acknowledged, there government ends; the law of the strongest takes its place, and life and property are his who can take them.


The Wisdom of Thomas Jefferson (ed. 1941)

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Where the law of the majority ceases to be acknowledged, there government ends; the law of the strongest takes its place, and life and property are...

Where the law of the majority ceases to be acknowledged, there government ends; the law of the strongest takes its place, and life and property are...

Where the law of the majority ceases to be acknowledged, there government ends; the law of the strongest takes its place, and life and property are...

Where the law of the majority ceases to be acknowledged, there government ends; the law of the strongest takes its place, and life and property are...