"If a due participation of office is a matter of right, how are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few; by resignation, none."
— Thomas Jefferson

January 1, 1970

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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 Elias Shipman and others of New Haven (12 July 1801). Often misquoted as, "few die and none resign".