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By Thomas Jefferson
I am certainly not an advocate for frequent & untried changes in laws and constitutions. I think moderate imperfections had better be borne with; because when once known, we accomodate ourselves to them, and find practical means of correcting their ill effects.
- Source
- Letter to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1816 · The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 10
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- Founders Online, National Archives
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From Jefferson's letter of July 12, 1816 to Samuel Kercheval, in which he proposes changes to the Virginia constitution. Jefferson often began sentences with a lowercase letter and wrote & for and, and the Papers keep that.