Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they please, the will of the nation being the only thing essential.


Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Late President of the United States (ed. 1829)

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they please, the will of the nation being the only thing essential.

Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they please, the will of the nation being the only thing essential.

Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they please, the will of the nation being the only thing essential.

Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they please, the will of the nation being the only thing essential.