Selten entscheidet die öffentliche Meinung unmoralisch oder unklug, und wer sich von ihr entfernt, sollte sein eigenes Urteil misstrauisch prüfen.Thomas Jefferson
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It is rare that the public sentiment decides immorally or unwisely, and the individual who differs from it ought to distrust and examine well his own opinion.Thomas Jefferson
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"Selten entscheidet die öffentliche Meinung unmoralisch oder unklug, und wer sich von ihr entfernt, sollte sein eigenes Urteil misstrauisch prüfen."
— Thomas Jefferson
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Presidents of the United StatesUnitarians from the United StatesFounding Fathers of the United States of AmericaUnited States Secretaries of StatePoliticians from Virginia
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Letter to William Findley, Washington (21 March 1801); published in Thomas Jefferson - A chronology of his thoughts (2002) by Jerry Holmes, p. 175
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Thomas Jefferson
1743 – 1826
US-amerikanischer Politiker und der dritte Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten (1801–1809).
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