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Ping Tung

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6. Unfortunately, the axiom by Thomas Jefferson is now untenable.

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 03:22 PM

Oct 3

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights. Thomas Jefferson

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