Thomas Jefferson quote about power from Notes on the State of Virginia - But the British parliament fixes its own quorum: our former assemblies fixed their own quorum: and one precedent in favour of power is stronger than an hundred against it.
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“ But the British parliament fixes its own quorum: our former assemblies fixed their own quorum: and one precedent in favour of power is stronger than an hundred against it. ”
 Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (1785). copy citation

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Author Thomas Jefferson
Source Notes on the State of Virginia
Topic power parliament assembly
Date 1785
Language English
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Thomas Jefferson quote about power from Notes on the State of Virginia - But the British parliament fixes its own quorum: our former assemblies fixed their own quorum: and one precedent in favour of power is stronger than an hundred against it.
Thomas Jefferson quote about power from Notes on the State of Virginia - But the British parliament fixes its own quorum: our former assemblies fixed their own quorum: and one precedent in favour of power is stronger than an hundred against it.