I recently had the chance to visit Washington D.C., while there I took the opportunity to visit the Jefferson Memorial. I absolutely loved the quotes they had on the walls of the memorial. I liked this one specifically:
"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."
It seems to me that perhaps the Tea Party crowd (those who want to go back in times to the true interpretation of the constitution) should take note of this one.
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