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No society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. The earth belongs… — Thomas Jefferson

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No society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. The earth belongs always to the living generation.

Thomas Jefferson
Letter to James Madison, 1789 · 1789
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The only constant is change
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Letter
Time
1789
Person
Thomas Jefferson
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Current citation
Jefferson, Thomas. "James Madison, Sept. 6, 1789." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.
Original citation
Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to James Madison. 6 Sept. 1789.

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