Political Philosophers

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“If any doubt has arisen as to me, my country [Virginia] will have my political creed in the form of a “Declaration &c.” which I was lately directed to draw. This will give decisive proof that my own sentiment concurred with the vote they instructed us to give.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.”
—Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)