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“I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow.”
—Sophocles (497406/5 B.C.)
“Whenever any form of government shall become destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, & to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles & organising its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety & happiness.”
—Thomas Jefferson (17431826)
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